Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 327 [The first customer to livestream unbox the product upon arrival]

The date is Saturday, September 21st.

In a city in mainland China, a 27-year-old single office worker named Qin Lang stayed home on his day off. His colleague called to invite him out, but he didn't go out. Instead, he kept checking his phone for delivery information.

The package he was waiting for was none other than the lifelike doll he had been longing for, which he had pre-ordered on September 1st.

The first batch of over 25,000 lifelike dolls has entered the shipping stage. Qin Lang's order number is 3272. Although it is ranked over 3,000, the products are shipped out in batches. It is impossible for them to be produced and shipped out one by one. Basically, they are shipped out on the same day as the first consumer who successfully placed an order.

Moreover, due to the geographical location, Qin Lang was likely the first customer to receive the goods.

At around 16 p.m., Qin Lang received a call from a SF Express courier, informing him that the delivery would be made to his door in about half an hour.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Lang opened the Douyin app on his phone to start a live stream. After thinking for a moment, he edited a title for the live stream: "[I might be the first user on the entire internet to receive the Flowing Star Language product. It's arriving soon, and I'll be doing an unboxing live today!]"

Qin Lang is not a big influencer or streamer on Douyin. His account only has a few hundred followers, and most of them are mutual followers.

What he didn't know was that his plan to livestream and share the unboxing video was about to unleash a torrent of traffic that would directly change the trajectory of his life.

Currently, the popularity of the Flowing Star Language lifelike doll is so great that 99% of the customers are waiting for delivery.

As time went by, the title of his live stream became a "speed bump." Some netizens who were browsing Douyin accidentally came across his live stream and saw the title. Many of them "slowed down" here, and some even swiped past it and then came back.

"What the hell? There are more than 300 people in the live stream?" Qin Lang was greatly surprised. He had occasionally done live streams on Douyin before, and the most people in the live stream he had ever had was only 12. Today, there were more than 300 people in just a few minutes, breaking his personal record.

[Host, weren't we supposed to be unboxing the "Radiant Star Language" set? So where's the box?]
[I'm so envious! It arrived so quickly, mine won't arrive until next August...]
Qin Lang glanced at the comments in the live stream and replied, "It should be here in less than twenty minutes. Yes, I'm looking forward to it too."

Less than two minutes later, Qin Lang glanced at the live stream data and was surprised to find that the number of viewers had increased to more than 500. The speed at which the number of viewers increased surprised him greatly.

Qin Lang couldn't help but say, "More than 500 people have already watched? This is the first time in my life I've had so many viewers! I'm flattered, brothers, is this going to be a hit?"

[Please broadcast this well; I'm betting this will be a huge hit, given the popularity of "Flowing Stars".]
[The live stream's traffic is growing rapidly; it definitely has the potential to become popular. It remains to be seen whether the streamer can capitalize on this.]
[Whether I was the first one to receive it online is debatable, but I haven't seen anyone else on Douyin doing a live unboxing of the Flowing Starry Night set.]
Over the next ten minutes or so, Qin Lang chatted with viewers in the live stream while waiting for the deliveryman to bring the goods to his door. The number of viewers visibly increased, soaring to more than 1300 in less than five minutes.

The key is that the growth rate is getting faster and faster. Qin Lang himself feels that he is about to become popular. It would be a lie to say that he is not excited.

A few minutes later, Qin Lang chatted with the viewers in the live stream: "The estimated delivery time is indeed quite accurate. My order number showed that the delivery time was September 23rd, but it arrived two days early. The error was indeed within three days, and it even arrived early. Awesome!"

After saying that, Qin Lang glanced at the number of viewers and exclaimed in surprise, "There are more than 2800 people! It's almost 3000! Liuguang Xingyu is really popular. I just casually started a live stream and there are already so many people watching, and the goods haven't even arrived yet."

The speed at which the live stream's traffic was growing made Qin Lang increasingly convinced that the massive traffic was flowing to him.

A little while later, around 16:23 PM, the delivery guy called. Qin Lang quickly answered, "Yeah, yes, I'm home." [Coming! Coming!]
[Unboxing! Unboxing! Unboxing!]
[It's finally here!]
The number of comments in the live stream suddenly surged, and the number of viewers had already soared to over 5000.

Qin Lang hung up the phone and looked at the camera, saying to the live stream, "Here it comes, brothers! It's finally here! I'm a little excited. By the way, I requested discreet shipping. I hope the courier doesn't actually write 'Discreet Shipping' on the outside like those memes online, or I'd be so embarrassed..."

[Hahaha……]
[That would definitely be a huge hit with the show, haha!]
[Don't worry about it, streamer. You dared to do an unboxing live, now the whole internet knows!]
Qin Lang looked at the comments and couldn't help but laugh, "Seems true, huh? I was too hasty! Oh well, let's leave it at that... Here it comes."

The viewers in the live stream also heard the doorbell ring at the streamer's house. Qin Lang adjusted the tripod, pointed the camera at the living room door, and went to open the door.

The deliveryman was standing at the door, next to a flatbed cart with two rectangular cardboard boxes that looked like two large refrigerators, one of which was slightly shorter.

Qin Lang went up to lend a hand and together with the deliveryman, carried the two large boxes into the living room.

As soon as the deliveryman left, Qin Lang closed the door and quickly returned, picked up his phone and pointed the camera at the two delivery boxes.

"Here it is, brothers! The goods have arrived. Luckily, the words 'Discreet Shipping' weren't posted on the outside." Qin Lang said with a hearty laugh. He was also very excited at the moment. The number of viewers in the live broadcast room had exceeded 10,000, which made him even more excited.

[Unboxing! Unboxing! Hurry up, streamer!]
"OK, brothers, let's unpack it now!" Qin Lang glanced at the live stream chat, said this, put his phone back on the stand, adjusted the live stream camera, and the number of viewers in the live stream was rapidly increasing.

Qin Lang found a small knife and looked at the two large boxes: "The one on the left is a lifelike doll, and the one on the right is the accessories. This one is quite large mainly because it's a charging bench, and it's wirelessly charging. According to the description on the form, the lifelike doll only needs to lie on the charging bench when it needs to be charged."

A moment later, Qin Lang used a knife to cut the tape in the middle of the box containing the lifelike doll from one end to the other. Just as he was about to open the box, he suddenly stopped, turned to the camera, and said, "Brothers, I have a question. Can this be broadcast? Won't she be naked? I don't want to ruin the live stream!"

After thinking for a moment, Qin Lang picked up the phone stand, placed it on the floor, and pointed the camera at the box. He smiled and said, "Don't panic, brothers. Let me check the situation first. If she's really not wearing anything, I'll have to help her put on some clothes before showing it to everyone."

After saying that, Qin Lang withdrew his gaze, opened the box, glanced inside, and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! There's another box inside, it's so high-class..."

As he spoke, he removed the top layer of shock-absorbing foam. The inner box didn't need to be scraped open with a knife; there was a hinge that allowed it to be opened directly. Qin Lang opened the box and glanced at it, immediately showing a shocked expression.

His expression was also shown to the audience through the live stream camera.

[How is it? What's going on?]
[Hurry up and take a look, streamer, hurry up! I'm so impatient!]
So, were they wearing clothes or not?
[The streamer has been hard-controlled, so I'm guessing there isn't one... (winking)]
At this moment, the number of viewers in this live stream has soared to 7, and it will definitely reach 10+ soon.

Finally, Qin Lang closed the box inside and turned to the camera of the live stream on his phone, saying, "No problem, brothers. Those who are wearing clothes can be shown directly."

Qin Lang immediately picked up his phone and pointed the camera at the box on the ground, showing it to the viewers in the live stream. Everyone stared intently at the screen.

……

(End of this chapter)