FWTS Chapter 092: Sharpening the Knife Does Not Delay the Cutting of Firewood

At around 12:20, the group finished cleaning up, patting their full stomachs, and each left with one or several food sculptures, laughing and chatting, leaving Hou Muyun alone, feeling both amused and helpless.

At 12:30, Hou Muyun started his live stream. This time, within less than a minute, the number of viewers online exceeded two million, and the number of followers in the live streaming room also successfully surpassed five million.

Yesterday, Hou Muyun made an "advertisement" on the "Everyday" show, and the effect was evidently good. Many of the viewers came after watching the show. Yesterday was a food show, and Hou Muyun took the opportunity to start the live stream by carving food sculptures, turning various leftover radishes into characters from "Xuan Yuan Sword Master."

Next came singing, erhu, guitar...

This time, the peak number of online viewers reached five million, although it was slightly less than the peak of eight million when he streamed with Pitmaster Fifteen and others. However, it was still extremely high, making it one of the top numbers for entertainment live streams!

For an entertainment streamer to reach five million online viewers was unimaginable for any live streaming platform before. Such numbers were only achievable by top-tier game streamers or by inviting big celebrities for live streaming!

Moreover, Hou Muyun's live stream lasted only half an hour!

Seeing these latest figures, several executives at the TT live streaming platform gathered for another meeting. Previously, they had a meeting about renewing Hou Muyun's contract in advance, but they didn't reach an agreement, not because of any internal objections, but because they couldn't unify the renewal price. This time, they had to reach a consensus quickly and negotiate with Hou Muyun as soon as possible!

They knew that multiple live streaming platforms in the industry had their eyes on Hou Muyun and that the signing fees offered were very high.

It's well-known in the live streaming industry that game streamers are more popular and valuable than entertainment streamers. In the top 20 highest-paid streamers list released last year, all were game streamers. With the booming live streaming industry and significant capital inflow, streamers' values have skyrocketed to a terrifying level.

It's rumored that the annual salaries offered by multiple platforms eyeing Hou Muyun already far exceed those of top entertainment streamers and might even reach the level of top game streamers!

These reports made TT live streaming platform anxious!

Currently, they have a three-month contract with Hou Muyun, and if he decides to leave, they can't stop him. Even if Hou Muyun breaches the contract, he only needs to pay double the initial signing fee, which is a mere 200,000!

Signing Hou Muyun for a 100,000 signing fee was a great deal for TT, but it was now their biggest weakness, as it provided little constraint over Hou Muyun.

Therefore, they had to quickly come up with a plan to re-sign him and keep him firmly on board!

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After the live stream, Hou Muyun uploaded the final draft of his manga and then headed out. His neighborhood was close to the plaza, just a five-minute walk away.

Ruicheng Plaza is the largest activity center for Ruicheng citizens, bustling with people during the day and hosting at least ten dance groups in the evening. Nearby, there's a cinema, numerous cafes, and Ruicheng's museum and library. Hou Muyun got a takeaway coffee from Starbucks nearby and entered the library.

Ruicheng Library is classified as a national first-level library, with a collection of 500,000 books, 1,000 reading seats, and 500 network nodes, open free of charge all year round.

The library has four floors. The second floor is connected to Ruicheng Plaza, making the first floor seem like a basement. People usually enter from the plaza on the second floor, where the main service desk and electronic book search functions are located. Hou Muyun checked the search area, not specifically looking for a particular book but getting a general idea of the book categories.

After wandering around the second floor, he had several books in hand, including "Ancient Novel Digests," "Van Gogh's Biography," "The World is Flat," and "Why Neon Manga is Interesting." He didn't specifically search for them; he picked up what seemed interesting while wandering and then found a seat by the window to start reading.

"Ancient Novel Digests" is a collection of ancient novel excerpts compiled by Lu Xun, including 36 types of scattered novels from Zhou to Sui dynasties, with a wide range of materials and rich content...

Hou Muyun was good at reading ancient texts, so reading this book wasn't difficult. When in doubt, he would check with Baidu on his phone, making it a smooth process.

With a memory of 9 and an understanding of 7, combined with an effect card for comprehension, he could grasp the overall meaning of the book after one read, and even memorize some key points.

However, the reading speed still made Hou Muyun smile wryly!

Generally, a person reading a moderately difficult book reads at 500 to 900 words per minute. Assuming an average of 700 words per minute, one can read 42,000 words in an hour.

For moderately difficult books, frequent readers can easily increase their speed to over 1,000 words per minute, reaching over 60,000 words per hour.

For leisure novels, some speed readers can reach over 2,000 words per minute, reading 120,000 to 200,000 words per hour, or about 200,000 words in an hour!

Conversely, for more difficult books, even skimming speeds will drop significantly.

"Ancient Novel Digests" is undoubtedly a very difficult read.

Hou Muyun wasn't slow in reading. For leisure novels, he could easily reach 1,000 words per minute.

With increased comprehension and an effect card, his fastest speed for this book was just about 1,000 words per minute, 60,000 words per hour, taking him over three hours to finish the book.

This speed was extremely fast, but with the "Speed Reading Skill Card" lying in his inventory, Hou Muyun couldn't be satisfied.

People are never satisfied!

Putting down the book, Hou Muyun dazedly "looked" at the special skill card in his inventory.

Sharpening the knife does not delay the cutting of firewood!

100,000 points aren't few; they can draw a skill pack that might provide a new skill or expertise in a field. However, after thinking it over, especially in his current environment, he decided to save up 100,000 points to equip the special skill card without hesitation.

Hou Muyun had repeatedly realized and acknowledged that his foundation lies in novels. Since he had already invested a lot of time in novels, he would also invest a lot of points in this area.

Extensive reading is undoubtedly a crucial factor for sustainable development in writing novels!

Checking the time, Hou Muyun spent another two hours finishing "Why Neon Manga is Interesting," packed up, and went to the service desk to get a library card, borrowing the remaining books.

During these five hours of reading, people in the library recognized Hou Muyun, but no one made a big fuss given the environment. Some handed him notes, including some male and female students, with drawings and messages, which were very cute!

Hou Muyun left signatures and doodles on these notes, finding it quite interesting, reminiscent of passing notes in class during his school days.

Back home, he changed clothes and arranged to meet Feining at the gym. After working out, Hou Muyun found several missed calls on his phone, including from Liu Xin and Master Fifteen, as well as several unknown numbers.

He first called back Master Fifteen, who said he would come to Ruicheng tomorrow with a friend.

Then he returned Liu Xin's call, who also said she would come tomorrow to discuss something.

He then called back the unknown numbers, which turned out to be senior executives from various live streaming platforms, all requesting to visit him and hoping he could spare some time.

After thinking it over, Hou Muyun roughly understood the situation.

It wasn't just a coincidence; they were all in a hurry!

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