Chapter 107 Failure
Clara sent a voice message to her boss, who had been backing her up lately, with a playful tone, whining about someone picking on her.
This guy had been supporting Clara for a while, often dropping cash on her during live streams.
Hearing about this for the first time, he naturally wanted to step in for Clara.
Seeing his reply, Clara grinned, her face brimming with confidence.
At 3 PM, both live streams kicked off right on time.
Clara dolled up again, with fiery red lips and a sexy strapless dress, looking super eye-catching.
She waved and blew kisses at the camera, looking very seductive and charming.
Meanwhile, Diana wasn't as particular.
While Clara was hustling for votes and constantly thanking her fans, Diana's side saw gifts pouring in like a deluge.
Neither of them knew what was happening on the other side, but the folks in the office were watching both streams and comparing them, realizing Diana was way better than Clara.
They were shocked, how could Diana, who had only streamed once, get this "Mr. Richardson" to keep supporting her?
But no matter what, it was clear Diana was going to win.
During the break, Clara's voice was almost gone from all the talking, and seeing this result, she naturally lost it.
She swept everything off the makeup table onto the floor, but there was no choice, the show had to go on.
Clara called Nathan and cried again.
Nathan, feeling bad for her, also joined the livestream.
The two of them together started sending gifts to Clara, which finally calmed her down.
Since they were using new accounts, they didn't have many followers, but the live stream's revenue far exceeded that of similar streamers.
For a while, a ton of people saw the new faces on the leaderboard and eagerly clicked into the livestream to watch.
Upon entering Clara's live stream, the audience's first impression was that she was beautiful and had a sweet voice. It wasn't surprising that someone was willing to spend money on her.
But although she was very beautiful, after watching for a while, it became a bit boring.
Entering Diana's live stream, however, was a different scene. They couldn't even see what the streamer looked like. They couldn't even see where Diana was, only the overwhelming gift effects dazzling their eyes.
It wasn't until the break that everyone saw Diana's appearance, another beauty.
Diana didn't bother reading the comments, she just placed the camera far away and live-streamed while reading documents. Diana saw Robert not far away, winking at her, signaling her to check her phone.
Diana then discovered that Clara had sent a challenge request.
This challenge was another feature in the live stream, where two streamers connected and competed to see who received more gifts within a specified time.
Clara was reminded by the audience in her livestream and immediately called Diana. She also wanted to see what Diana was up to.
Diana raised an eyebrow, a bit surprised, but still accepted. "Hello?"
Seeing Diana agree to the challenge, Clara hurriedly greeted her, "Hi, how do we play?"
"You started the connection, and you're asking me how to play?" Diana's tone was sharp, she really couldn't stand Clara's act.
Clara's face looked a bit awkward, and the next second, many netizens started criticizing Diana.
Netizen 1: [Am I the only one who thinks this streamer is super rude?]
Netizen 2: [Who's sending gifts to someone so rude? Do rich people really like this kind of person?]
Netizen 3: [Hypocritical much? She'll be all smiles when she sees the money.]
Clara glanced at the comments bashing Diana and secretly felt pleased. She softened her voice, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean any harm, just wanted to get your opinion."
After saying that, Clara lowered her eyelashes subtly, looking more pitiful and innocent.
Diana had no patience for this and said directly, "Let's start, or I'm hanging up."
"Wait, we haven't discussed the punishment."
Diana knew Clara wanted a punishment for the audience's entertainment, so she got interested and said, "How about squat jumps? The loser does ten squat jumps."
The audience wasn't thrilled, thinking the punishment should be singing or dancing.
But Clara agreed, figuring she wouldn't have to do the punishment.
'Rather than giving Diana a chance to showcase her charm by singing or dancing, it's better to exhaust her with squat jumps.' Thinking of this, Clara smiled and nodded. "Alright, the loser does 20 squat jumps, 10 is too few."
Diana smiled knowingly. "Alright."
With that, the competition began.
Gifts kept popping up on Clara's side. However, there was no movement on Diana's side, and the comments got lively again.
Netizen 1: [Looks like someone is about to lose their cool.]
Netizen 2: [Look at her expression, she's secretly fuming, right?]
Netizen 3: [Serves her right.]
Clara naturally loved these comments, and even her tone of thanking the audience became much lighter.
The next second, gift effects started appearing on Diana's side.
Billy made a move, and within 20 seconds, he helped Diana catch up with Clara's score.
For a moment, Clara's expression became unnatural, and she had to keep pleading with the audience for more gifts.
Clara was acting all sweet, saying all the nice things, while Diana sat there motionless, doing nothing, yet receiving tons of gifts.
The netizens who were criticizing Diana earlier were nowhere to be found, and the comments were filled with shock and praise, praising Diana for being calm, beautiful, and deserving all the good things in the world.
But Diana remained indifferent to all this, knowing the internet was like this.
When Diana created an account for the company, she didn't set up a personal one for herself.
She didn't want too many people to know her, she didn't want to spend too much time exposed in front of the camera.
Diana stayed calm, while Clara was very anxious.
"Thank you all for the gifts." Clara's tone was sweet, but she was very displeased with the cheap gifts the netizens were sending.
'A bunch of poor people, useless.' She cursed in her head.
As the countdown to the competition began, the gap between the two widened.
Clara's smile became stiff, and the boss who originally liked her a lot also stopped sending gifts.
As the countdown to the competition began, no miracle happened, Clara lost.
"So? The punishment, let's start." Diana sat in her chair, completely relaxed.
Her eyes looked through the screen, urging the stunned Clara.
Seeing Clara not responding, the comments also started urging: [Do the punishment, you don't want to back out, do you?]
[20 squat jumps, go for it.]
[She added ten herself, really brought it on herself.]