Chapter 342: Industry Shocked, Live Across the Entire Network!

There were even more people than Ning Fei had imagined.

Since it was only the second day of the new semester, boys were allowed to freely enter and exit the girls' dormitories. This made it convenient for guys to help their girlfriends clean up.

Ning Fei had escorted Bai Yi to campus, and as her older brother, it was only natural for him to take care of her.

So, he dragged her suitcase upstairs and headed to her room to help her unpack.

As Ning Fei walked down the corridor with the luggage, screams of excitement echoed one after another.

"Ah!"

"Temple Master Ning!"

The crowd's enthusiasm was through the roof.

Ning Fei and Bai Yi finally entered her dorm room and shut the door, allowing him to escape the fiery gazes of the onlookers.

However, there was already another girl inside the room. When she saw Ning Fei walk in, she froze mid-crunch with a potato chip in her hand, staring blankly for a solid ten seconds.

"Lin'er, this is my brother. He's here to help me unpack, hehe."

Bai Yi puffed out her chest proudly as she introduced him.

As a side note, after spending some time following Ning Fei around, Bai Yi's curves had filled out a bit, making her figure even more perfect.

Ge Lin's brain was still completely short-circuited.

She never dreamed this day would come—a breathtakingly handsome, top-tier celebrity figure just casually walking in while she was munching on chips and picking at her toes.

The potato chip in her mouth suddenly lost all its flavor.

"Hello," Ning Fei greeted her. Seeing that Ge Lin remained unresponsive for a long time, he didn't say anything else.

"Which one is your bed?" Ning Fei asked Bai Yi.

"Hehe, this one." Bai Yi pointed to a bunk with a wide smile.

Ning Fei nodded, then helped her pull out the bedding and began making the bed.

"Be good at school and study hard. The skills you develop in college are what matter most."

"Mhm."

"It's best if you don't date."

"Brother, unless I find someone better than you, I absolutely won't date."

"Do you still have enough money?"

"No."

"I'll transfer you a few tens of thousands for now. I can't give you too much, or you'll develop a bad habit of spending recklessly, which isn't good either."

"Brother, I never spend recklessly."

Ning Fei offered her a few more words of advice with the tone of an elder, and Bai Yi obediently agreed to everything.

Off to the side, Ge Lin had unconsciously put away her potato chips. With lightning speed, she had applied a full face of exquisite makeup and struck an incredibly contrived pose.

Seeing this, Bai Yi shot a teasing pout at Ge Lin, who fired back a look, refusing to be outdone.

"Alright, I'll be going now. Call me if you need anything."

Ning Fei left her with one final reminder and prepared to leave.

Even though Bai Yi was reluctant to see him go, she had no other choice.

As soon as Ning Fei opened the dorm room door—good grief, the entire hallway was packed with people.

Everyone's eyes were glued to him.

Ning Fei slowly made his way through the crowd. By the time he went downstairs, even more students had gathered outside the dormitory building after hearing the news.

The art academy had hosted plenty of celebrities in the past.

There were senior alumni invited back to give lectures, and young top-tier idols who returned to shoot promotional videos.

But never before had a single star reached Ning Fei's level of popularity.

The crowd's overwhelming passion put a great deal of pressure on him.

He felt that causing such a scene would only bring trouble to the school and the public.

Disliking the commotion, he quickly walked out of the school gates, got into his car, and slowly drove away.

"Yip, yip!"

Seeing Ning Fei return, Little Fox let out a few low whines.

It seemed she didn't like that kind of atmosphere either.

Compared to such a fervent crowd, the tranquility of Qingfeng Temple suited them much better.

Afterward, Ning Fei drove straight back to Qingfeng Temple.

News of Ning Fei's visit to the Huaxia Academy of Fine Arts blanketed the internet. Many cameras had captured him, and even from a bystander's shaky angle, his looks and aura remained strikingly unique, drawing in yet another massive wave of fans.

Ning Fei, however, paid little attention to it all.

The cruise ship required for his mission would still take over ten days to be completed.

During these ten-plus days, he needed to make thorough preparations.

Because what lay ahead was going to be the grandest adventure he had embarked on since he began streaming.

Upon returning to Qingfeng Temple, Ning Fei first contacted the super-administrator A Duo to discuss amending his contract.

"Temple Master Ning, are you looking to terminate your contract?" A Duo wasn't surprised; she had known this call would come one day.

The reasoning was simple. Most major streamers relied on their platforms to survive; without the platform pushing traffic their way, a streamer's popularity would slowly drain away.

But Ning Fei was different. Douniao Live was now the largest live-streaming platform in the country precisely because they had signed him. Douniao Live had enjoyed perfectly smooth sailing this year, with their stock prices skyrocketing.

It was safe to say that Douniao Live had exploded in popularity entirely due to Ning Fei.

"Well, it's not that I don't want to stream on Douniao anymore. It's just that I want to stream across multiple platforms moving forward, rather than being locked to just one," Ning Fei explained.

The executives at Douniao Live had long anticipated this idea of his.

After all, when Ning Fei first signed the contract, he had only agreed to a single year. Even if Douniao refused to terminate it now, the contract would expire in four or five months anyway, turning him into a free agent.

During this time, Douniao Live's upper management had repeatedly tried to curry favor with him, but he hadn't paid them much attention.

"I'll discuss it with upper management and get back to you with a satisfactory answer as soon as possible," A Duo said politely.

"Alright, thank you."

Ning Fei hung up the phone.

He was about to set sail on a cruise ship to travel the world. If he could broadcast to other countries and garner some international support, it would only be a good thing.

Furthermore, he had already received invitations from numerous foreign live-streaming companies.

There was the Livestream platform in New York, YouTube Live, Japan's largest streaming site Niconico, South Korea's largest streaming site AfreecaTV, and many more.

It was worth noting that Ning Fei's videos had already racked up incredibly high view counts on YouTube and other international video platforms.

He was one of the few major streamers from Huaxia who could truly step onto the global stage.

Now, he was preparing to roam a far vaster world.

He also hoped to accumulate even more popularity by expanding his broadcast reach.

At present, the most globally recognized figures in outdoor live-streaming and wilderness survival were people like Lord Ed and Lord Bear.

Ning Fei's worldwide fame still couldn't compare to theirs.

But once this new broadcast began, that was bound to change.

Shortly after, Douniao Live's upper management convened an emergency meeting to discuss Ning Fei's situation.

Everyone treated it like they were facing a formidable enemy.

That was because he was simply too crucial to their platform.

Ning Fei was now the undisputed number one streamer, and he had even earned the recognition of the Huaxia authorities, with various news outlets frequently reporting on him.

Finally, Douniao Live's executives came to a decision.

They would revise Ning Fei's contract and offer him an exclusive SSS-tier agreement.

The contract stipulated that he could stream on overseas platforms without any interference from Douniao Live.

He would receive an 80/20 split on gift revenues, along with an annual signing bonus of 50 million.

Douniao Live only had one condition: domestically, Ning Fei could only broadcast on their platform.

Their sincerity was immense, and the compensation they offered was sky-high.

But soon after, something happened that completely caught Douniao Live off guard.

Several other streaming platforms caught wind that Ning Fei wanted to terminate his Douniao contract to pursue multi-platform broadcasting.

They started throwing money at him like there was no tomorrow.

The dazzling array of perks and offers was enough to make anyone's head spin.

Take Penguin Live, for example. Though not wildly popular, they wanted to leverage Ning Fei to break into the short-video industry. Backed by their parent company, the deep-pocketed Ma Penguin, they blatantly offered him 100 million a year and a 90/10 split on gifts.

Maoya Live straight-up offered to hand over company shares, making him a shareholder so long as he focused solely on streaming for them.

At the same time, short-video giants Douyin and Kuaishou joined the fray.

For a while, the industry was in an absolute uproar.

Ning Fei found the whole situation a bit of a headache, so he went over to the Deer Sanctuary and asked Jiang Xue to help him handle the communications.

Finally, after days of fierce bidding, an outcome emerged that defied everyone's expectations.

Ning Fei would broadcast across the entire network.

He became the first major streamer in Huaxia to broadcast simultaneously across multiple platforms!

Much like the official League of Legends tournaments, any platform could purchase the broadcasting rights for Ning Fei's stream.

The gift revenue split was set uniformly at 70/30, and each platform had to pay an annual signing fee of 50 million.

Since these terms were already incredibly lenient, every respectable live-streaming platform in Huaxia immediately chose to sign with him.

The streaming industry shook to its core. Every other major streamer was left dumbfounded.

What kind of situation was this? Was it really possible for someone to achieve this level of dominance?

Rumor had it that a top streamer from another platform went to his agency and demanded to stream across the whole network too, only to be brutally shut down by upper management.

"You should figure out your own worth before trying to copy Temple Master Ning."

"If you want to leave, pay the termination fee and get out. We'll see if we even bother signing you again after that."

This incident quickly spread among the top-tier streamers.

They all realized that unless someone was a true god-tier figure, dreaming of a whole-network broadcast was nothing but pure fantasy.