Live-streaming counterfeit dollars? Streamer, you're really asking for prison time! - Chapter 04
Chapter 4 Wow, It’s a Special Recruitment from the Park!
A million-dollar bounty on me on the dark web?
This can’t be real, they must be trying to scare me!!!
The host isn’t worth that price!
Everyone, you might be overthinking it!
My skills, plus the fact that I haven’t been streaming for long, probably aren’t at the level where I’d have a bounty on me yet!
Ye Chen waved his hand dismissively, not too concerned. Nowadays, these netizens just love to scare people.
Once during a live stream, not long after I started, someone even pretended to be the FBI and told me to open the door.
[Spinning Little Flyer]: « That’s not necessarily true, streamer. Go downstairs and take a look! »
[Sunny Little White Horse]: « Streamer, who knows? There might be a whole street of cops downstairs right now! »
[Little Taibai]: « Check out the pancake stall—it could very well be undercover cops who just arrived! »
【Sasa】: « The hotpot restaurant owner next door might be an old detective, specifically keeping an eye on you! »
【Little White Bird】: « Upstairs they’re making counterfeit dollars, downstairs it’s all cops—just thinking about it is thrilling. »
【Qin Shi Huang Reincarnated】: « The host’s dollar bills are legal but insane. Too bad they’ve got Iron Man’s face on them,凸(艹皿艹) »
……
The water friends were speaking as if it were true.
Well, that’s just how movies portray it.
A flood of water friends were spamming the chat, urging Ye Chen to keep an eye on the newly arrived pancake stall.
Seeing the comments, Ye Chen still didn’t care and waved it off: « Netizens, you’re really overthinking it! »
I don’t do illegal things!
The fake US dollars I make have Iron Man’s face on them!
It’s not illegal at all. Calling it counterfeit money would be an exaggeration.
I kept emphasizing that my dollars were artworks, absolutely not the real deal.
Currently, the ability to counterfeit currency is only at the seventh level.
If it rises to the eighth or ninth level, then one could produce misprinted U.S. dollars.
Reaching the tenth level would mean creating superdollars.
By then—
Whoever deposits it in the bank first gets the real cash!
For now, focus on the livestream—that’s where the emotional points come from.
Get more emotional points to level up the craft.
Ye Chen checked his emotional points balance: 27,121.
The previous gift generated over 10,000 emotional points!
Another 10,000+ emotional points came from the livestream’s entertaining content.
The rewards from wishlist gifts will only be calculated after the livestream ends.
Viewers kept discussing and leaving continuous comments:
【Whoosh】: « Host, why don’t you make perfect counterfeit bills! »
【Little White Bird】: « Host, I believe many warlords would need your services!! »
Another viewer requested to connect via microphone!
Ye Chen was taken aback. Seeing the IP address was from abroad and noticing this person had purchased his ‘artwork’ before, he casually clicked to accept the connection.
When the connected viewer [Spring Breeze Green] turned on their camera, everyone was completely stunned.
A mountain of US dollars piled up.
Along with all kinds of equipment for making US dollars—printing plates, printers, and more—everything was there.
There was even a half-used bucket of color-shifting ink!
« Host, take a look over here—all of these are counterfeit US dollars printed in the last batch! »
« However, there was an issue with one of the lines in the engraving, and the FBI caught it. This batch of goods can’t be sold now! »
« But your artistic rendition of U.S. dollars still has issues with the portrait and acid-free paper! »
« All the other lines are absolutely perfect! »
The water friend’s standard Hong Kong-accented Mandarin startled Ye Chen—could these be prop bills?
Until Ye Chen saw the pistol holstered at the other’s waist, it all clicked in an instant!
Holy shit, a real crime syndicate boss actually reached out to me?
Damn, are criminals this bold nowadays?
Want to get on mic right away for a chat?
We’d love to invite you over as our head master craftsman!
Just say the word, and we’ll set you up with an overseas bank account!
Right now, I’ll transfer you a million as an upfront deposit!
The connected viewer was very serious, already taking out another phone ready to make the transfer.
This counterfeit money syndicate boss was quite earnest, even carefully asking what currency the streamer wanted.
Euros or US dollars?
[Little Taibao]: « Streamer, a certain counterfeit money syndicate has sent you their latest employment contract! »
【Radiant Glory】: « You’re really going to jail for this! Streamer, your skills have already been recognized by the big shots. Go for it! »
The connected viewer then called over a few hot-looking girls to appear on camera!
Every young lady has a model-level figure, with curves in all the right places.
This viewer on the live chat said that if the streamer comes, he’ll be drowning in good fortune with women!
The viewer spoke with such sincerity, almost like a boss desperately needing to recruit employees—utterly devout!
Although Ye Chen didn’t want to go, the other party’s enthusiastic invitation left him momentarily at a loss for how to refuse!
Anchor, as long as you come here, you and I are brothers!
Let’s get rich together!
Just as the connected fan was speaking, screams came from the next room.
I was wrong, I’ll go scam people now…
« Stop hitting me… »
The connected fan instantly turned cold-faced, walked out of the room door, and stood in the hallway.
He pointed at the lackey in the next room and roared viciously, « Damn it, I’m recruiting new employees here! »
« Keep the noise down when you’re beating people up, you’re disturbing me! »
Don’t you know you should hit the mouth first to keep him from screaming?
He put his hands on his hips, walked back, and said with a smile, « Don’t worry, streamer! »
Once you cross the border and come to us, we guarantee you’ll become a big shot in less than a year!
And here, we don’t ban anything…
Promising all sorts of benefits with a beaming smile, his expression completely different from before!
[Little Punk]: « Wow, it’s a special recruitment by the park! »
[Radiant Light]: « Thought it was a direct hire by a counterfeit money syndicate, turns out it’s the park expanding into new business! »
[Shanghai Trio]: « Anchor, if you really go there, you’ll definitely get three meals of small steel rods a day, with occasional electric shocks as a bonus! »
【Little White Bird】: « Streamer, don’t go! I don’t want to see you lying dead overseas! »
Ye Chen snapped back to reality instantly, glaring sternly at the connected viewer. Did you take me for a three-year-old child?
Have I really fallen to such desperate straits?
That I’d need to go abroad to seek fortune?
If I really go to your place, I’m afraid I’ll never be able to leave for the rest of my life!
The connected viewer was still there, talking nonstop, even persistently asking Ye Chen for his account details, saying he’d transfer the money immediately.
The artwork I made has Iron Man as the profile picture!
But I’m no Iron Man—I can’t take a beating!
« Listen, my dear viewer, no matter what you say, I’m not going there! »
« I’m never leaving this country in my entire life! »
The connected viewer sneered disdainfully, « Streamer, you live in Chunhua City’s Luohan Residential Area… »
Even the house number of Ye Chen’s home was revealed!
« Are you really threatening to dox me? »
« Get this straight, this is my live stream! »
Ye Chen immediately disconnected the linked viewer and kicked them out of the stream!
Many viewers couldn’t help but joke, « This streamer is truly a rare talent! »
If I go out, it’s truly a matter of life and death!
Either never leave the country for the rest of my life—
Or better yet, become a shut-in working day and night.
Seeing these comments, Ye Chen thought, « What a joke—going abroad? »
How is this possible!
As the old saying goes, poverty and low status cannot be moved.
As for me, I’m quite poor—hey, not suitable for going abroad.
After a while, Ye Chen calmed down and looked up at the live stream viewer count—15,122 people.
Damn, the popularity is skyrocketing this fast?
