Chapter 232: Heated Discussion, Invited to Stream on Huaxia TV!

Ning Fei saw Liu Tianzhi's private message in the background of the live-stream room.

Liu Tianzhi said there was a very important matter he wanted to discuss with him, and asked if it was convenient to leave a phone number.

Ning Fei knew from the bullet comments that Liu Tianzhi was a representative of the younger generation of traditional Chinese painting and a very decent person, so he hesitated for a moment before leaving his contact information.

Soon after, Liu Tianzhi called.

Ning Fei temporarily muted the stream and stepped aside to answer the phone.

Liu Tianzhi reached out hoping he could help with something—a very important matter.

Hearing his request, Ning Fei agreed.

Meanwhile.

Tonight's traditional Chinese painting incident continued to blow up online.

The full video of Ning Fei painting was uploaded online, complete with Liu Tianzhi's commentary in the middle.

Liu Tianzhi's mention that Lin Shanhe wanted to buy Ning Fei's painting shocked everyone even more.

Ning Fei's fame was unmatched at the moment.

If it was really as Lin Shanhe had said, and a single painting of Ning Fei's was worth millions or even tens of millions, then Ning Fei's status would be far more than just a simple outdoor streamer.

However, the tallest tree catches the most wind.

Ning Fei's limelight was too bright; he had ultimately encroached on too many people's interests.

Tianjun Guild of the Douniao Platform, in collaboration with Yuande Guild of the Maoya Live Platform, planned to work together to bring down Ning Fei, this massive mountain of a rival.

Yuande Guild was also a massive guild specializing in outdoor streamers.

Right now, the vast majority of fans who watched outdoor streams had flooded into Ning Fei's live-stream room, including over a dozen big-boss-level wealthy patrons.

These guilds had been suppressing their fury for a long time.

The interests between streamers were too complex, and peers in the industry all wished they could step on each other's popularity to climb the ranks.

Moreover, the most critical thing was that the very next day, someone photographed Ning Fei and Liu Tianzhi shaking hands.

From the looks of it, Liu Tianzhi seemed to be specifically welcoming Ning Fei.

How could the two major guilds pass up this opportunity?

Thus, a fresh article titled "Famous Outdoor Streamer Ning Fei Suspected of Colluding with Liu Tianzhi to Garner Popularity" was published.

The article mainly claimed that Ning Fei's traditional Chinese painting yesterday was a premeditated stunt, and that he had colluded with Liu Tianzhi to come and support him to farm popularity.

As for Lin Shanhe wanting to buy Ning Fei's painting for a high price, it was purely Liu Tianzhi exploiting his own teacher and was utter nonsense.

There were many things in this article that didn't hold water.

For instance, Ning Fei's painting was genuinely incredible and absolutely stunning.

But many people who saw these headlines still believed it.

Right now, Ning Fei's traditional Chinese painting was still trending on hot searches, and information about him painting was everywhere. Some people were already jealous and extremely disgruntled.

Seizing this opportunity, they immediately began to mock him.

"So his fame was bought. I was wondering how an unknown outdoor streamer could have such high traditional Chinese painting skills."

"Looking at it this way, you really can't judge a book by its cover with Liu Tianzhi. To think he was actually bribed."

"Poor traditional Chinese painting grandmaster Lin Shanhe, getting exploited by his own apprentice like this."

"I reckon if Lin Shanhe knew about this, he would probably cough up blood out of anger!"

"Take a look in the mirror. Would Grandmaster Lin really spend over a million to buy your painting?"

Once this Weibo post came out, a wave of curses instantly swept across the internet.

At this very moment, Ning Fei was indeed with Liu Tianzhi.

Because he had a much more important matter to attend to.

The news online undoubtedly reached their ears.

Seeing such remarks, Liu Tianzhi smiled helplessly.

He said, "These people online really run with whatever they hear, making up whatever they please."

Liu Tianzhi was the type of man who embodied an antique elegance. Having interacted with traditional Chinese painting for so long, he unconsciously carried that sort of temperament and looked very gentle.

Wherever he and Ning Fei stood, that place became the center of attention.

If one handsome guy wasn't enough to catch the eye, then two certainly were.

Ning Fei nodded and said, "The internet has always been complicated. Sometimes it's really annoying."

"Don't worry, I'll hit back at these rumors," Liu Tianzhi said with a confident smile.

Not long after, Liu Tianzhi posted a message on Weibo.

This Weibo post not only stirred up an even bigger wave but also directly left the rumor-mongers completely humiliated.

Liu Tianzhi's Weibo post read:

"Today, along with my master and Temple Master Ning, I am participating in the restoration work of cultural relics at the Palace Museum. Thank you to Temple Master Ning for joining us."

Below it was an attached picture featuring four people.

In the center were two elderly men, with Ning Fei and Liu Tianzhi standing on either side of them.

One of the elders was the extraordinarily dignified Lin Shanhe, and the other was quickly identified by netizens as the curator of the Palace Museum, Wang Xu.

The place they were located in was none other than the Forbidden City.

Talk about a slap in the face—this was a true slap in the face.

Just a moment ago, many people were clamoring that Ning Fei had paid to collude with Liu Tianzhi to farm popularity, claiming that Lin Shanhe spending a fortune to buy his painting was nonsense, endlessly hurling all sorts of curses.

Now that Liu Tianzhi's Weibo post was out, not only did it explain why the two had met today, but it also used a single photo to ruthlessly shatter the rumors.

With the Forbidden City in the background and Lin Shanhe standing right beside them, how could yesterday's offer to buy the painting have been collusion?

As for how well the painting was done, the truth was plain to see.

He was invited to restore cultural relics, yet he was slandered as a colluder instead. What were the ulterior motives of these people?

The netizens were truly enraged.

Those who had previously hurled insults at Ning Fei were now subjected to hundreds of times more abuse.

On the online platforms today, many people's family members were destined to be cordially "greeted" thousands of times.

The matter didn't end there.

The higher-ups at Douniao Live were also furious.

The reason was simple: on the Douniao Platform, the streaming revenue generated by Ning Fei alone was now more than all the other outdoor streamers combined, and by a massive margin.

By targeting Ning Fei, Tianjun Guild was cutting into Douniao Live's cake.

There was no way Douniao Live would tolerate such a thing happening.

Consequently, the executives of Douniao Live immediately severed ties with Tianjun Guild and bluntly informed the outdoor section streamers signed under the guild:

Either quit Tianjun Guild, or suffer shadowbans until their contracts expired and get out.

This time, Douniao Live was driving Tianjun Guild to a dead end.

A few major streamers from Tianjun Guild were still on Douniao Live; after this ordeal, their careers took a massive hit.

Tianjun Guild had completely fallen from grace.

They never imagined that simply publishing an article to stir up drama would result in such a massive punishment.

In reality, Tianjun Guild had repeatedly tried to make things difficult for Ning Fei for a long time, and Douniao Live had been tolerating them for just as long.

Generally speaking, streaming platforms wouldn't interfere in grudges between guilds.

But it couldn't be helped. Who asked Ning Fei to be so incredible? The profits Douniao Live could reap from Ning Fei were greater than five Tianjun Guilds combined.

So it was blatantly obvious who they would protect.

After this article, the news of Ning Fei's traditional Chinese painting became even more viral.

And at this time, although Ning Fei hadn't started streaming yet, he changed the title of his live-stream room:

"Streaming tonight: Restoring Palace Museum cultural relics together with traditional Chinese painting grandmaster Lin Shanhe."

As soon as this title appeared, the netizens exploded in a frenzy.

"Restoring cultural relics for the Palace Museum? My God, to think I'd see such a scene in my lifetime."

"Temple Master Ning is a badass!"

"Invincible. I don't even know what to say anymore."

"Looking forward to it. Start the stream early!"

"A ten-thousand-man blood petition begging for an early stream!"

"It's just like I've always said, watching Temple Master Ning's stream is full of surprises at every turn."

"He's actually going to restore cultural relics for the Palace Museum?"

"The current Temple Master Ning truly lives up to the title of grandmaster!"

"Good lord, what kind of treasure of a streamer is this?"

"I used to think watching an outdoor streamer soak in a hot spring with a tiger was wild enough, but now this outdoor streamer is actually going to restore cultural relics for the Palace Museum."

"I'm pretty sure you're talking about Temple Master Ning in both cases."

"He really is an immortal."

The internet buzzed with discussions about this.

The sheer volume of the discussion was completely absurd.

Yet, this absurdity was far from over.

Shockingly, Huaxia TV contacted Douniao Live, wanting to purchase the broadcasting rights for Ning Fei's stream tonight.

They also contacted Ning Fei.

The higher-ups at Douniao Live were absolutely dumbfounded.

No one could have ever imagined that a colossal, mainstream state network like Huaxia TV would actually take the initiative to cooperate with a live-streaming platform.

The Douniao Live executives contacted Ning Fei immediately, and naturally, Ning Fei agreed.

Thus, when night fell and prime time arrived...

Ning Fei's live-stream room appeared on Huaxia TV Channel 3.

He became the first streamer in the history of Huaxia to broadcast live on a national television channel.