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ทำนามบัตร Electronic ด้วย NFC card tag

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[pony32099]

The Kwok scam only pits the ants

    Guo Wengui touted things to the sky all day long, from farms to Xi Yuan, he declared, "Xi Yuan's encryption capabilities and future payments, as well as the future exchange with the US dollar, will create history, is the only stablecoin, floating, modern crypto financial platform." The ant help to fool the head, but after dozens of broken promises, Guo Wengui played a jump god, Tiandry ground branch, Yin and Yang five elements, Qimen Dun Jiqi battle, over and over again to play with the ant help, and Guo Wengui no sense of violation. The old deception hypohypotically called to make comrade-in-arms rich, claimed to be for the benefit of comrade-in-arms, in fact, it is a wave of investment and anal, tried and true, and now again. After the explosion of the Xicin may not be listed, according to normal people's thinking and reaction, must be very annoyed, sad, but Guo Wengui is unusual, talking and laughing, understatement, no stick, but to the camera hand holding pepper sesame chicken to eat with relish, full mouth flow oil! . Why? Because the fraud is successful, as for when the Joy coin will be listed, when will it be listed? Guo Wengui is a face of ruffian and rogue, hands a spread, claiming that they do not know. Guo Wengui hypocrisy a poke is broken, Guo's scam is just a variation of the method of trapping ants help it.

[mariacallous]

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.

The project is being organized by Elon Musk lieutenant Steve Davis, multiple sources who were not given permission to talk to the media tell WIRED, and aims to migrate all SSA systems off COBOL, one of the first common business-oriented programming languages, and onto a more modern replacement like Java within a scheduled tight timeframe of a few months.

Under any circumstances, a migration of this size and scale would be a massive undertaking, experts tell WIRED, but the expedited deadline runs the risk of obstructing payments to the more than 65 million people in the US currently receiving Social Security benefits.

“Of course, one of the big risks is not underpayment or overpayment per se; [it’s also] not paying someone at all and not knowing about it. The invisible errors and omissions,” an SSA technologist tells WIRED.

The Social Security Administration did not immediately reply to WIRED’s request for comment.

SSA has been under increasing scrutiny from president Donald Trump’s administration. In February, Musk took aim at SSA, falsely claiming that the agency was rife with fraud. Specifically, Musk pointed to data he allegedly pulled from the system that showed 150-year-olds in the US were receiving benefits, something that isn’t actually happening. Over the last few weeks, following significant cuts to the agency by DOGE, SSA has suffered frequent website crashes and long wait times over the phone, The Washington Post reported this week.

This proposed migration isn’t the first time SSA has tried to move away from COBOL: In 2017, SSA announced a plan to receive hundreds of millions in funding to replace its core systems. The agency predicted that it would take around five years to modernize these systems. Because of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the agency pivoted away from this work to focus on more public-facing projects.

Like many legacy government IT systems, SSA systems contain code written in COBOL, a programming language created in part in the 1950s by computing pioneer Grace Hopper. The Defense Department essentially pressured private industry to use COBOL soon after its creation, spurring widespread adoption and making it one of the most widely used languages for mainframes, or computer systems that process and store large amounts of data quickly, by the 1970s. (At least one DOD-related website praising Hopper's accomplishments is no longer active, likely following the Trump administration’s DEI purge of military acknowledgements.)

As recently as 2016, SSA’s infrastructure contained more than 60 million lines of code written in COBOL, with millions more written in other legacy coding languages, the agency’s Office of the Inspector General found. In fact, SSA’s core programmatic systems and architecture haven’t been “substantially” updated since the 1980s when the agency developed its own database system called MADAM, or the Master Data Access Method, which was written in COBOL and Assembler, according to SSA’s 2017 modernization plan.

SSA’s core “logic” is also written largely in COBOL. This is the code that issues social security numbers, manages payments, and even calculates the total amount beneficiaries should receive for different services, a former senior SSA technologist who worked in the office of the chief information officer says. Even minor changes could result in cascading failures across programs.

“If you weren't worried about a whole bunch of people not getting benefits or getting the wrong benefits, or getting the wrong entitlements, or having to wait ages, then sure go ahead,” says Dan Hon, principal of Very Little Gravitas, a technology strategy consultancy that helps government modernize services, about completing such a migration in a short timeframe.

It’s unclear when exactly the code migration would start. A recent document circulated amongst SSA staff laying out the agency’s priorities through May does not mention it, instead naming other priorities like terminating “non-essential contracts” and adopting artificial intelligence to “augment” administrative and technical writing.

Earlier this month, WIRED reported that at least 10 DOGE operatives were currently working within SSA, including a number of young and inexperienced engineers like Luke Farritor and Ethan Shaotran. At the time, sources told WIRED that the DOGE operatives would focus on how people identify themselves to access their benefits online.

Sources within SSA expect the project to begin in earnest once DOGE identifies and marks remaining beneficiaries as deceased and connecting disparate agency databases. In a Thursday morning court filing, an affidavit from SSA acting administrator Leland Dudek said that at least two DOGE operatives are currently working on a project formally called the “Are You Alive Project,” targeting what these operatives believe to be improper payments and fraud within the agency’s system by calling individual beneficiaries. The agency is currently battling for sweeping access to SSA’s systems in court to finish this work. (Again, 150-year-olds are not collecting social security benefits. That specific age was likely a quirk of COBOL. It doesn’t include a date type, so dates are often coded to a specific reference point—May 20, 1875, the date of an international standards-setting conference held in Paris, known as the Convention du Mètre.)

In order to migrate all COBOL code into a more modern language within a few months, DOGE would likely need to employ some form of generative artificial intelligence to help translate the millions of lines of code, sources tell WIRED. “DOGE thinks if they can say they got rid of all the COBOL in months, then their way is the right way, and we all just suck for not breaking shit,” says the SSA technologist.

DOGE would also need to develop tests to ensure the new system’s outputs match the previous one. It would be difficult to resolve all of the possible edge cases over the course of several years, let alone months, adds the SSA technologist.

“This is an environment that is held together with bail wire and duct tape,” the former senior SSA technologist working in the office of the chief information officer tells WIRED. “The leaders need to understand that they’re dealing with a house of cards or Jenga. If they start pulling pieces out, which they’ve already stated they’re doing, things can break.”

[thefusioncelestial]

Mix 13: A Geeky Bulk

Anonymous asked:

I am a chubby and hairy American Guy who is a little on the geeky side of life. I love Jamar Pusch's pecs and how he can make them bounce. Could you merge us please?

For the uninitiated, for those going the natural route of being big & cut at the same time comes in two cycles; the bulk and the cut.

The bulk is when the user focuses on gaining mass, and that means an big calorie intake. That means covering that coveted slab of visible muscles; the abs. But while they join the population of bears, the muscles, when paired with exercise, encourages muscle growth with the building blocks just sitting there.

The cut? Think of it as revealing the results. You go in the opposite direction on calorie & fatty intake and bask in the results. Continuous use of this basic method is how the skinny kid becomes the long lost cousin of Captain America.

Here is one dude who does this:

Jamar Pusch.

Worked his butt off to get that look. You would swear that he was sculpted rather than built up.

Unbeknownst to himself, he is the target of that infamous group we call the prowlers. In this case, a father who wants to give was Jamar has to his wimpy son. You would think that with all the money in the world that he could just pay for the best trainers & dieticians, but many wealthy people can be illogical & demanding.

He procured a bottle of red liquid. All he has to do is pour on the target, and have the one who attends to assimilate touch them.

Jamar is finishing a typical photo-shoot, the best result will go on his Instagram, the rest to whoever he dms. The man is looking for love like the rest us.

His shoot has been infiltrated, a couple of payments here & there under the table, and the father and son arrive to the location using the new info. There are other people there admiring the modern day Adonis. The duo poses as fans. The event concludes, and Jamar goes to a trailer he rented for use for a nearby music cultural event, and the duo follows him.

There is a knock on the door. He opens and sees the father & son standing there gleaming. The son has a nervous energy about him, but Jamar pushes this away as a nervous fan. He beckons them into his trailer for a private supervised one on one meet & greet, and they obliged him.

The father was more excited than the son. Maybe the son was just getting introduced to this world to inspire him to workout? How fatherly.

Unknown to all three of them, a third fan was just out of earshot in the area. He saw this as an opportunity, goes to the trailer as well. The door is unlocked. He goes in, but what he sees angers & shocks him.

Jamar sits the pair down and offers them drinks.

They accept.

The father sees this as his chance.

He uncorks the bottle and splashes the contents on Jamar. He turns around to protest, but soon he freezes up like a statue. The only thing he could do is plead & scream in protest.

"I must thank you Mr. Pusch, I appreciate what you are about to do for my son. He is about to go to college, and I find he will have a better time if he can "hang" with the physically gifted type. Tell me, what sports are you into," he asked in a jubilant manner that turned stern.

His son looked nervous. The father glanced over with a frown at his son.

"Hopefully you will give him your confidence too, I tried so hard to instill courage into him, but his mother may have babied him a bit too much. No matter, let's get this over with," he said.

"Charlie, go shake Mr. Pusch's hand," he said.

The young man walked over silently. Jamar tried his best to move but couldn't. He then saw something. Hope.

The silent fan who came over saw all of this in the trailer. His mouth was agape. Was Jamar about to get kidnapped or worse killed? His anger took over. He dropped his phone that he was going to use to get pictures, and ran over to the father.

The shock of an intruder made the father's heart stop and blood freeze. Was he caught by security? The person coming over was a large man after all. By the time he registered to do something else and than wish for laser beam eyes, he was knocked over.

The son too was shocked at this. He moved his hand away from Jamar, and turned to his father.

Truth be told, he didn't want to change like this. He didn't want to steal someone else's body to appease his father or anyone else for that matter. If he was going to change, it was going to be on his terms. What Charlie wanted to do right now was save his father.

He found his courage.

He ran over, and with an adrenaline boost peeled the large man off his father and shoved him away. But he pushed him in the direction of Jamar.

He crashed into Jamar, and it began.

Surprisingly, Jamar didn't fall over or collapse. He just sort of absorbed the impact. For the large fan, it was like jumping into a combination of marshmallow & quicksand. His body sinked further into Jamar until all there was left was just Jamar.

Jamar cocked his head back & began to shift.

Mentally, Jamar was in this fan's head space. He was getting assimilated by him. Jamar & this fan talked it out. Explaining things from their perspective and then uniting under one cause of escaping from these crazy people. Jamar also convinced him to let him drive the wheel. He sensed that whatever was happening was a done deal, and he would be better steered to handle whatever they are about to become. The mind space inverted. They were in Jamar's mind. The fan broke down into confetti and merged into Jamar. It was time to kick some ass.

In flipping the mind merge, Jamar was able to reverse the physical merge process. The fan would upgrade him.

He let out a soft moan. His body began to quiver & shudder.

His skin grew softer as layers of fat grew all over.

"Hmm."

A warmth washed over stomach, each wave an inch of fat covering his abs.

There was rustling in his pants. His rod grew longer and strained against the tight pants. He grunted and then chuckled.

His neck bulged out & his head lengthened.

His facial features shifted, bigger eyes, smaller lips. A slightly more upturned nose. He kept his ears. His hair shortened.

He took on a darker skin tone as well, but soon after hair began to grow throughout his body.

He opened his eyes. The father & son were shocked by what they saw.

The father snapped out and commanded Charlie to touch the fused Jamar, but nothing happened. One pair per dose, and the father used all of it in one go.

He gave the father a beating. He had to change himself and consume someone else because some jack rabbit of a father wanted a shortcut. Security came in after seeing the trailer move a bit, and apprehended the pair.

The father was charged with attempted kidnapping later on.

The son wasn't a total wash and Jamar would mentor the young man.

As for Jamar, his life trajectory changed. The fan that saved him, was a part of him now, imparted some interesting interests. With the connections he built up, Jamar went into acting; doing mo-cap & voice acting for video games, one of which involved a galaxy far far away. He is having a blast too:

In time Jamar would deal with layers on his stomach. He has been here before many times. He just fast tracked a bulk cycle. Time for the cut.

Wait, did that water bottle move by itself?

[stupendouslovebouquet]

 The Kwok scam only pits the ants

    Guo Wengui touted things to the sky all day long, from farms to Xi Yuan, he declared, "Xi Yuan's encryption capabilities and future payments, as well as the future exchange with the US dollar, will create history, is the only stablecoin, floating, modern crypto financial platform." The ant help to fool the head, but after dozens of broken promises, Guo Wengui played a jump god, Tiandry ground branch, Yin and Yang five elements, Qimen Dun Jiqi battle, over and over again to play with the ant help, and Guo Wengui no sense of violation. The old deception hypohypotically called to make comrade-in-arms rich, claimed to be for the benefit of comrade-in-arms, in fact, it is a wave of investment and anal, tried and true, and now again. After the explosion of the Xicin may not be listed, according to normal people's thinking and reaction, must be very annoyed, sad, but Guo Wengui is unusual, talking and laughing, understatement, no stick, but to the camera hand holding pepper sesame chicken to eat with relish, full mouth flow oil! . Why? Because the fraud is successful, as for when the Joy coin will be listed, when will it be listed? Guo Wengui is a face of ruffian and rogue, hands a spread, claiming that they do not know. Guo Wengui hypocrisy a poke is broken, Guo's scam is just a variation of the method of trapping ants help it.

[dailyanarchistposts]

Dig For Victory!

Most people have a garden or could take on an allotment fairly near to where they live. Organising garden sharing schemes where people with gardens they can’t use team up with people who want to garden but don’t have gardens is a worthwhile step. We need to investigate ways of producing and distributing organic food in our localities in ways that maintain biodiversity and as far as possible outside the money economy. Think organic, low-impact farming won’t work? A recent study of sustainable agriculture using low-tech methods introduced on farms supporting 4m people in majority world countries revealed that food production increased 73%, crops like cassava and potato showed a 150% increase and even large ‘modern’ farms could increase production 46%. The future occupation and use of land will depend on the extent to which all who wish to do so have discussed and consented to such use, that those occupying or using the land continue to work in solidarity with the whole of society within broad principles of co-operation, sharing freely both the means of production and what is produced. No individual or group of individuals will have any ‘right’ to say “the land must be used in the way we decide” nor can what is on or under the land or produced upon it be their property, whether plant or animal. The number of people involved in agriculture (in its widest sense) will probably expand greatly, with vast estates and agri-corp holdings broken up and shared out but also urban farms created in and near towns. The aim of agriculture (and associated activities like food processing) will be self-sufficiency for the localities and specialization or growing for ‘export’ only where there is surplus land or productive forces. It is likely that neighbours, co-workers, communities and communes will collectively agree that land will be used in particular ways according to a plan or program of beneficial change. This will not always be in the direction of development or ‘efficiency’ (which will have different definitions and parameters anyway); if people need more gardens or wilderness, small-holdings instead of sheep stations, they will create them.

To many people this will sound utopian. However we believe that if this approach was developed widely – and applied to our other vital needs — it could subtly undermine the credibility and power of the global economy (as well as having obvious personal benefits in terms of health etc). It is an important part of building social solidarity and a community of resistance in majority world communities. It would be a way of showing our solidarity with these majority world movements based around issues of land use, access to resources and so on: communities of small farmers are organising seed banks to preserve crop diversity as well as launching more militant attacks on the multinationals such as trashing fields of GM cotton and destroying a Cargill seed factory. In the longer term as (hopefully) numbers and confidence increase, large long-term squats will become a possibility on land threatened by capitalist development either for roads, supermarkets, airports etc or for industrialised food production being taken back for subsistence food production and as havens of biodiversity. We should take inspiration from the Movimento Sem Terra in Brazil where in the face of severe state repression and violence hundreds of thousands of landless peasants/rural proletarians have occupied large tracts of unused land.

Although it is clear that food prices are so low that they are not a major factor in tying people into the capitalist system (rents, mortgages and bills do so far more effectively) it seems to us that a population capable of and actively involved in producing much of its own food outside of the money economy will be in a stronger position in the event of large scale struggles against capitalism involving strikes, lockouts, occupations and campaigns of non-payment etc. Many thousands of people are being forced by the government to take low-paid, shitty jobs or mickey mouse workfare schemes and threatened with loss of benefit if they refuse. We could support that refusal by offering surplus food from allotments and gardens to those suffering the state’s oppression. There is also the possibility of people developing similar independence from the money economy in other spheres as well — housing, energy production, waste management, health care etc which would also be highly beneficial but which is beyond the scope of this text. So to summarise our practical response should consist of: 1) a massive campaign of direct action; 2) a consumer boycott and propaganda campaign against corporate injustice, focussing on issues of sustainability and social justice; and 3) attempts at collective withdrawal from the industrialised food production system.

[sarahowritesostucky]

📖"The Taste of You"

Rating: Explicit

Pairing: Steve Rogers x Bucky Barnes

Word Count: 4002

Tags: Fresh AU, dark rom-com, dark!Bucky, pre-serum Steve, kidnapping, cannibalism, yandere/basement wife, meet cute-ish, gay sex n' stuff, ignoring of sexual boundaries, dub-con bordering on non-con, (mostly humorous) gore, (mostly humorous) body horror

Summary: Steve is so tired of the meat market that modern dating has become. Just when he's deleted all the apps and given up on ever finding Mr. Right, he meets the perfect guy at the grocery store.

A dark, cute, funny, fucked up, and very tasty love story.

It's a Fresh AU. "If you can't handle the cannibalism, get out of the kitchen" ... or something like that

10. Acquired Taste

Wait! I haven't read a previous chapter. Story Masterlist

Bucky:

Bucky typically has two avenues, when it comes to acquiring new product.

1) Conduct recon, establish a relationship with her/him (though usually her), lure to a secluded location, incapacitate (usually via roofies)

2) Conduct recon, stab & grab on site (needle, not knife—jesus he’s not a monster)

Each avenue presents its own advantages and risks. Relationships and dates take more time and work, they don’t guarantee he’ll get the access he needs, and he runs the risk of someone else in the victim’s life learning about him before they’re disappeared. Stab & grab is by far his preferred method, but he has to be extremely mindful of security footage. Everything’s recorded these days, and in a city like New York, people live in each other’s pockets. Which method Bucky chooses usually comes down to how isolated the candidate’s life is. Carlo made his pick for who Bucky’s got to pay him with, so Bucky drives into the city early Monday to begin his reconnaissance process on Erica Buccanetti. He spends that Monday through Wednesday 7am-10pm, learning all about her.

Erica is twenty-nine. She’s a short, white, “curvy” woman of middling education who works at the DMV. Her job alone makes her deserving of what she’s going to get, Bucky thinks. Erica works Monday through Friday, gets in at 8:55, eats lunch at her desk, and clocks out no later than 4:50 every day. Erica goes to a gym after work and runs on the treadmill until she looks miserable and exhausted. Erica takes the train home to her duplex in Alphabet City, where she has a cat and drinks wine and…

Bucky tosses his binoculars aside, exasperated. “Dammit.”

Erica has three housemates. Fuck.

He can’t do a stab & grab when there are roommates, certainly not three. It’s too risky. Now he’ll have to put in the extra effort to try and run into her somehow, strike up a conversation, get a date or three.

He puts the car in gear and speeds down the block, eager to get on the highway and get home to Steve. He tunes the radio to an 80’s station he likes and taps out the beat as he navigates traffic.

This is the last time, he swears to himself, the absolute last time he lets a client pick their target. It’s too much pressure on Bucky, having to succeed with that one specific girl. Better to have a handful of potentials going, scoop up the one who makes herself the easiest victim. It’s not like most of them don’t do a bang up job of it.

Twenty-some years of “stranger danger” and true crime shows are usually enough to cement the “it won’t happen to me” mindset. Sometimes they’ll even find the right moment to throw out a lame, faux-suspicious “You’re not a serial killer, right?—haha just kidding!”

Bucky thinks it’s a hoot. Obviously these bitches don’t follow the eastern principle of karma.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, he gets in very late, after midnight. But he still pops down to check on Steve. He brings them both a drink, hands Steve his, then slides down the far wall to sit. “Ugh.”

“How was your day, honey?” Steve asks. Sarcastically, but at least he’s making jokes.

“Long,” Bucky says, tipping back his old fashioned. They both like them. Maybe it’s become one of their things. “So for this payment, I let Carlo pick his girl,” he says, letting his eyes slip closed as he rolls out the tight muscles in his neck. “Stupid.” Steve is quiet for a long time, and Bucky suspects he’s staring at him. He doesn’t open his eyes to find out. “What?”

“Nothing,” Steve says. “Just … wondering about the logistics of it, I guess.” He’s quiet for another long moment, the ice clinking in his glass telling Bucky when he takes another sip, and then another. “So … are you bi?”

Bucky opens his eyes. “What?”

Steve shrugs. “You date them to get to them. Does that mean you’re into women?”

“Well …” Bucky is, but … “I prefer men,” he says. “By far. But the clients want women, so that’s what I supply. It’s pretend, Steve.”

“Mm.”

Bucky narrows his eyes, sensing Steve’s judgment and not liking it. “I pretend to date them. Briefly. If I have to.”

Steve shrugs and looks away dismissively. “Seems kind of mean, to me.”

“It’s not!” Bucky scowls, straightening up from where he’s been sitting slumped against the wall. “I’m totally nice to them!”

Steve snorts. “Yeah, until you start harvesting their parts for food.”

Bucky glares at him. “Maybe we shouldn’t talk about this.”

“Yeah maybe we shouldn’t.” Steve sniffs and looks away. “Not exactly great to hear all about how my boyfriend’s a serial killer.”

Bucky brightens up some at the word ‘boyfriend’. “I’m not, you know. A serial killer.”

Steve’s eyebrows raise sky high. “Oh really? So what would you call it when you kill people, ya know, serially?”

“I don’t get a thrill out of murdering them,” Bucky insists. “I keep them alive as long as I can.”

“I’m sure they appreciate that so much.”

“I keep them comfortable!” Bucky defends. “This is a nice place! I give them gourmet food, they’re on tons of pain meds. They don’t feel a thing.” Steve isn’t even looking at him now, and Bucky’s mood sinks. “... They’re not nice people, Steve,” he says darkly. "They deserve a hell of a lot less than what I afford them.” He watches Steve for a reaction, but doesn’t get one.

Steve just tosses back the end of his drink and fishes out the cherry. He pulls it off the stem with his teeth, chewing it while staring Bucky down. “Done,” he says, pushing the glass in Bucky’s direction.

It’s like he’s saying the conversation’s done too. Bucky sighs and shoves up to standing. He goes over and picks the glass up and gives Steve a long, rueful look. “Eileen,” he eventually says.

“What?”

“The woman in the other room." He nods out towards the hallway. “The one you saw. Her name was Eileen. And that’s whose kidney I had for dinner the other night.” Steve’s eyes widen a little, and Bucky smiles placidly. “Yeah. Good old Eileen. She was thirty two you know. Divorced but seeing someone new. She had a daughter. Cute kid: Tracy. She’s like, seven, eight? Has freckles and pigtails, likes Pokémon.” Bucky shrugs, then lets the mild expression slide right off his face. “Eileen was letting the new boyfriend rape her.” He gets satisfaction from the way that Steve’s eyes widen further and his lips part without a comeback. “Hm, yeah.” Bucky throws back the end of his drink and crunches down on the pieces of ice that float into his mouth. “So, Steve, when I tell you that you really shouldn’t feel bad for these people? You really shouldn’t.”

He turns and leaves before Steve can think of any other arguments. It’s good, Bucky thinks. It’ll give him time to think. Bucky didn’t come to grips with all of this overnight, after all. He can’t expect Steve to, either.

Steve:

In the basement, Steve has lots of time to think. In fact that’s all he does other than sleep. He thinks about the chances of anybody ever finding him here, figures they’re probably low. Bucky’s done this before, maybe dozens of times. He knows how to get away with it. Steve thinks a lot about that, about how there are a bunch of rich as fuck cannibals out in the world, just existing and merrily eating people. How Bucky eats people and thinks that it’s totally fine. How he likes the taste of eating people. It’s nuts.

Steve does wonder, sometimes. What’s it taste like? He feels halfway sick with himself when the thought occurs, but it does occur. It must taste good, he thinks, to warrant such effort and risk. It must taste really damned good. At least to Bucky and his rich friends it does. Steve is sure he’ll never find out for himself. He wouldn’t be able to stomach it.

He thinks about the women who came before him, about how they must’ve felt, trapped down here while Bucky slowly sold off their meat. How many have there been? Steve wonders. And what were their crimes that got them sentenced to this? How did Bucky know they were bad? Steve can’t figure it out, but he also can’t forget what Bucky told him so seriously about Eileen the other night. It sits in his mind, coloring his memory differently. Now when he thinks of Eileen lying on the floor of her cell, begging him for help, he doesn’t feel as much pity for her as he used to. He doesn’t feel as much horror when he remembers her limbless torso wriggling pathetically under the sheet.

Bucky could be lying of course, just making it up so that Steve will accept him more readily. But somehow Steve doesn’t think so. Bucky’d had this look in his eyes when he said it. He’d looked vindictive, and vindicated. Steve shivers as he remembers it. Bucky truly does not have any compunctions about what he does, and he expects Steve to come around to it. Steve doesn’t think he can do that. He’s just hoping against hope that he can pretend long enough to convince Bucky. Long enough until he can get his chance for escape and take it.

He thinks about Carlo, working on the cell down the hallway. Steve doesn’t see him much at all, just hears the sounds of his tools whirring, the smell of fresh wood being sawed, concrete being poured, him taking a piss in one of the other cells' toilets every few hours.

At first Steve does wonder what he might be able to say to try and entice the man to help him escape. But he settles on a big fat nothing. There’s nothing Steve could offer him to get him to take that risk, no way. And it’d be too big a gamble to try anyways. He doesn’t want Carlo to alert Bucky to his attempts at scheming, which Bucky warned Carlo would do if Steve acted up. So Steve keeps his mouth shut when the man arrives and departs each day.

Carlo doesn’t say anything to him. He probably figures that Steve’s dead meat anyway.

Steve considers that maybe he is, and Bucky’s just lying to him to keep him calm. Maybe Bucky tells all the women that they have a chance for survival, if only they’re good and don’t act up.

It’s fucked, but Steve imagines Bucky doing it—taking little pieces from him until there’s nothing left to do but put an end to him. He imagines Bucky kissing him lovingly, then injecting something into his veins and harvesting his internal organs. He imagines Bucky working in the attractive kitchen upstairs; humming a tune, cutting Steve up, pan searing his kidneys and eating them with a Beaujolais.

Steve wonders if he’d taste any different than everyone else Bucky’s ever eaten. Probably not.

Stringy, he thinks, looking down and assessing his arms and legs and torso with a novel sort of appreciation. Steve’s so thin and so tough, he’d probably make a horrible meal.

Bucky:

He plans it out meticulously, just like he always does. But even after all these years (fifteen, to be exact) he still gets that nervous feeling every time he makes his move. Stab & grabs don’t get to him nearly as much. Those are easy, impersonal. It’s the women he has to introduce himself to and flirt with and feign interest in and good intentions for that cause the nerves. He’d call them butterflies, but that seems cruel to compare his meet/capture/kill nerves to first date nerves. When he met Steve, it was a whole other feeling. What he’s about to do now isn’t the same, it’s not innocent like that, and he doesn’t need to pretend that it is.

Bucky knows he’s actually like, the perfect guy for this. He’s good looking and a natural flirt, excellent at making conversation and getting people to like him and to want to open up to him. Women tend to feel instinctively safe around him, so normally he’s guaranteed success in the “meet cute” department. It’s just that ... well …

He’s getting on in age these days, alright? He’s a—very damn handsome—37 years old now, and unfortunately for him, his clients’ tastes tend to stay the same, meaning the pervy old leches keep wanting their women rare at 20-ish. Bucky still has a very high success rate, but there’ve been a few college-aged girls who he approached wrong and they turned their noses up at him.

But he dyes his greys now, okay? He does the whole skincare regime, does Botox (conservatively—he’s got taste). And he’s learned to dumb himself down a bit when he’s going after the younger ones; talk a little smoother, a little less cultured, dress more age-appropriate. Turtlenecks apparently send off the wrong vibe. Unless the girl is into the whole Daddy thing, then it works in his favor.

Anyway, it’s not that big of an issue. All he has to do is flash his car or casually wear a Rolex on a date and even the most dimwitted or discerning potentials fall all over him. Bucky could give straight guys lessons, he swears.

He drives into the city wearing joggers and sneakers and a too-tight tee shirt, hair artfully tousled and earbuds draped around his neck in show. He goes into the gym, into the locker room, spritzes water around his hairline and the neck of his tee shirt, then bumps into her outside—when she’s on her way in, not out. No woman feels sexy after a workout (at least not the kind Erica is torturing herself with)—and exclaims in concern when she stumbles. Ohmygod, I’m so sorry! He grabs her forearm and lets the other hand brush over her waist as he “makes sure she doesn’t fall”. Are you okay?

Her eyes catch on his smile and his biceps right away, so Bucky's confidence is bolstered. He spends the next twelve minutes flirting with her, telling her his name (James), and how glad he is that he at least bumped into the prettiest girl at the gym (not true). Her eyes light up when he mentions that he’s a doctor, and shortly after that he’s typing his burner cell number into her phone. I put myself down as ‘handsome stranger whom you’re definitely gonna call’.

She titters at his joke and smiles, obviously tickled pink as they’re saying goodbye. “Yeah. I’ll um, I’ll call you. Maybe we could meet up for drinks or something?”

“Great!” Bucky shoots her a wink to seal the deal and jogs off down the block. He stops once he’s around the corner and starts walking at a normal pace back to his car. He hums a tune to himself, pleased at how easy that’d been. Now he can get home and probably not have to go out again until Saturday. If Erica’s as easy as he thinks she is, he shouldn’t have to go on many, if any, other dates.

Steve:

“Hey.” Bucky knocks on the doorframe as he slides it open. He steps in, head tilted, cautious smile playing at his lips.

Unfairly handsome, Steve thinks. Those women don’t stand a chance. “Hey.”

“I was hoping you’d still be awake. Wanted to say goodnight.”

“You get her number?” Steve asks. Because he knows that’s what today was—bump into Erica day.

Bucky seems wary, but he comes in and engages anyway. Steve almost feels bad for him. “Yeah,” Bucky says, toeing at the carpet. “Taking her out on Saturday.”

Steve rolls his eyes, scoffing. “‘Taking her out’, yeah.” He sees the hurt flash across Bucky’s face though, and feels bad about it. Ridiculous, but he still feels bad. “Sorry,” he mumbles, looking away. What else is he supposed to say? I understand? He can’t say that when Bucky’s holding him prisoner in his basement. Steve’s literally chained to the floor right now.

He sighs again, disappointed. He’s never been so disappointed in anything in his life. He fucking aches with it. Enough to cry, sometimes, if he thinks enough about Bucky’s smile over a martini glass, his bad dance moves in Steve’s apartment, his body in Steve’s bed. What they'd had together, how it'd felt like they were building something, something to look forward to. Steve bites his tongue so he doesn’t start tearing up when Bucky’s standing there. He doesn’t want to look like another weak victim, even though he knows he is. “You seemed like such a nice guy,” he murmurs, not looking at him.

Bucky comes over and kneels down in front of him. He looks so sad. “Hey,” he says softly, reaching out to palm the side of Steve’s face. He hums when Steve lets his eyes slip closed and leans into it.

Crazy, what a little bit of isolation will make you feel, Steve thinks.

“I miss you, Steve. I promise you this isn’t going to last forever.” When Steve just breathes silently, Bucky strokes his thumb over his cheek. Steve shivers. “Hey, would you want to go on a date with me?”

Steve’s eyes open. “What?”

Bucky smiles softly. “A date. You’ve been so good this whole time, and I miss you.” He leans forward and pecks a kiss to his lips. It’s brief, but it still makes Steve’s lips tingle. “I miss spending time with you.” Bucky’s eyes flick over his face. “So how about it, huh? You want to come up and just hang out one night? I can make us something. We’ll have drinks, maybe watch a movie?”

Steve blinks, feeling so odd at being asked a question like that. One of the things he thinks about to pass the time is what he and Bucky might be doing right now, in their new relationship, if Steve hadn’t opened the basement door. “A movie?” he repeats softly. The idea of getting to leave this boring room for anything is tempting. Steve wants to escape of course, but even if he knew he couldn’t, he still thinks it’d be nice to get to do something. Even if it’s with Bucky. “Yeah,” he breathes, hopeful. He hasn’t been allowed upstairs in days, not since he took a shower. “M-maybe I could …” he cuts himself off, remembering how Bucky had taken advantage of the last time, how he’d touched him. And Steve was weak. He’d let him do it.

“Maybe what?” Bucky asks, looking so kind. He always does, like he’s just a kind, caring guy who also happens to keep Steve chained in his basement. “Steve? What were you going to say?”

Steve smiles and shakes his head. “Mm, nevermind.” He doesn’t need a shower. “Nothing.”

Bucky seems unhappy about whatever Steve’s not saying, but he doesn’t press him any further. He takes a deep breath and stands back up. “I won’t be out so late anymore,” he tells him. “Just a trip or two more to the city. You can have your real meals back again, no more of this junk food.”

Steve nods. Bucky’s left him with plenty of snacks these past few days, but Steve has missed the hot meals. He’s missed seeing Bucky three times a day, even missed the attention Bucky gives him when he’s eating. “Okay,” he says.

Bucky stands there for a long minute, staring at him. Steve keeps his eyes on the carpet but he can feel the weight of Bucky’s gaze. Eventually he hears Bucky sigh, then leave through the door. Steve looks up to try and catch sight of him on the way out, but he’s already moved on down the hall.

That night Steve falls asleep thinking about what it’ll be like, once there’s another person in the basement with him.

Bucky:

Bucky meets her for the aforementioned drinks. He’s dressed nicely, in a black button down and slacks and nice shoes. He wears the Rolex, because Erica’s got three housemates so flashing his wealth at her can’t hurt. He greets her with a smile and a hug at the bar, and they both settle in and order their drinks. Bucky asks her about her life, quickly figures out that she’s body conscious and makes sneaky little comments about how he likes a woman that doesn’t slip right through his fingers. She eats that shit up, and before Bucky knows it, she’s excusing herself for the bathroom and leaving her third cocktail behind.

Too fucking easy.

Bucky picks up both their drinks and informs the bartender that they’ll be moving over to that table in the dark corner over there. The bartender gives him a nod, and Bucky nods back. He can’t have the guy seeing it, when he slips the roofie in her drink.

He’s learned to crush them up into a Splenda packet. It masks the bitterness and then if he does get caught, it just looks like he’s sweetening the drink. Erica returns from the restroom and he flags her down to their new spot. “More privacy,” he purrs at her, and she giggles and sits down next to him.

They continue to flirt and talk about pithy little topics until he can tell that she’s starting to feel the effects. “Hey,” he says, not wanting her to be stumbling before they leave the bar. “I know this is fast but… I dunno, I just really like you.” He says it all bashful, like he’s embarrassed of himself, and she eats that up, too. “Would you maybe wanna go back to my place? We could have another drink, talk and listen to some music, or…”

He trails off, and she gives him an enthusiastic, “Sure, okay!” sloppy at the edges from how the drugs are creeping into her system now. She hasn’t realized it yet. Bucky has to get her out of this public place before she does.

“Great,” he says, smiling. He offers her his arm like a gentleman (and to make sure she’s steady enough on her feet to not draw attention), and she simpers and holds onto him and they head out. Bucky sees her recognizing the type of car that he drives as he opens the door for her and she gets in. She tucks her lips in like she’s trying to keep herself from outright grinning, which makes Bucky chuckle as he slides into the driver’s side and shuts his door. “Buckle up,” he tells her sweetly. “Wouldn’t want anything to happen to you.”

She giggles and obeys, and Bucky thinks about how she’ll probably be so easy, in the basement. Girls like her just want to be loved and approved of so badly. She’ll probably go from the Depression stage to Acceptance so fast, it’ll make his head spin. He’s glad. It’s always easiest for those girls. They suffer the least. And despite the fact that Bucky knows about Erica and her little brother who died under “suspicious circumstances” in 2009, he still doesn’t want to torture her. He’s not a sadist.

He’s karma.

She’s still conscious when they get on the highway, enough to look out the window and make a cute little confused noise. “Mm. You said your place’sin Tr’becca?” she slurs.

Bucky smiles and pats her hand. “Yeah. But I’m taking you somewhere else.”

It’s cute, how she pouts and tries to protest that. Bucky’s almost tempted to say something right then and there. But he doesn’t. He always likes to save the Big Reveal for when they’re settled in their rooms and fully sober. He likes to have a drink in hand, be relaxed in something comfortable. Really settle in for the show.

“Just close your eyes,” he soothes her, watching her fade out. “We’ll be there soon.” She passes out and Bucky smirks, thinking about how she’s about to get hers.

Because Karma’s not a bitch.

It’s a plastic surgeon who likes to cook.

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[duskwood-mc-art]

Honestly, Everbyte doesn't have it easy with their fans.

People complaining about the new payment method with the gems, while they only changed it, because people already complained about the premium package from Duskwood. However, I went through episode 1 of Moonvale without having any problems with the gems. I think the payment method is justified, not only because people complained about it before, but also because they are putting a lot of effort into their work and deserve to be paid.

Yes, the use of AI art is meh, but they said they will replace it, so I don't see a problem with it much. They are a small gaming company and still figure their ways out. And everyone makes mistakes.

Besides, a lot of people complain about Moonvale's layout, just because it is different than Duskwood's. As much as I love Duskwood's design, compared to Moonvale it is kind of old. Moonvale's app design is more modern and up to date and I like it. It is just different.

I liked episode 1 of Moonvale, and I feel like I am basically the only one who doesn't have any issues or problems with it. I am curious for the new case, new apps Moonvale will provide that we can use, the mini games and to meet Jake and maybe other characters again.

[alpaca-clouds]

Money is worthless, actually

Just a quick something, I wanted to share with you guys. Because in a weird way I consider it to be quite hopeful.

See, here is the thing: Money is worthless. Technically it is worthless. You cannot do anything from money. You cannot make food from money. You cannot build a house from money. You cannot knit a sweater from it. Not from the coins, not from the paper, not from imaginary numbers on your bank account.

If for some reason money just vanished tomorrow, people would not in fact die. They just would find other ways to deal with it.

Money was originally probably partly invented, because it made both the collection of taxes - and the payment of people working for the "empire". Most societies before just... shared. They literally shared, because they knew that their society worked better if everyone just got, what they needed. Often it was on the basis of "gift" societies. To translate it into a modern understanding (because we still kinda do that): "You need eggs to make a cake? Sure. I will give you some. But next week, when I gonna need some butter, you will give me some of that."

It makes the economy trudge along just a bit easier. But it is not required for it to work.

Money has only worth as long as the people agree that it has that worth. Which is usually what happens whenever a currency collapses: People no longer agree that the currency holds any worth. Yes, we can now go and argue about all those methods of inflation and what not. But the baseline thing that happens really is not that there is too much money, but that people agree that the money hence is worthless.

So, basically... Money is worthless.

Right now it is mostly just used as a tool of oppression, because it is linked to power. It can buy you power more than it can buy you anything else.

But we would not need it to make a society function. Which is also why I like to build my utopias around the idea of societies without money. Where people just get what they need, because it is the best for everyone.

Because whenever there is something like money around, someone will hoard it and it will inevitably lead to bad things. So...

Yeah. In the second Doctor Strange movie it is played for laughs that there are many worlds without money where you not pay for stuff. But... Why play it for laughs? Why not take it serious. You know?

Just a thought.

[three-dee-ess]

Sending some tips I've learned, so other people can learn it before making the same mistakes I have!(I figure you have better reach than me!) Pictures of 3ds as payment, one with the splasg screen and one with the home screen!

Now, onto the tips!

If you are going to buy replacement/spare styluses, make sure you look for ones For Your Model!!! I bought a 4 pack of styluses only to learn later that they were made for the old normal sized 3ds, and so wouldn't fit in my 3ds! While this isn't a HUGE inconvenience, it meant I kept losing them! (Side note: replacement styluses are very cheap to get! I now have 5 on my own, and I gave one to a friend and lost another!)

You don't have to buy the traditional grey brick chargers. Listen. We are in the modern age. You can get USB to ds adapters instead. Like the kind you use for your phone. They feel MUCH more durable than the old ones. I've gone through 4 of the old ones and I'm a bit tired of it. Plus these take up less space on the extension cord!

I highly recommend learning how to virtually access your 3ds SD card using FTPD! This makes it a lot easier to get non-3ds roms onto your system, especially with systems where you have to use a screwdriver to get to the card. It also makes it easier to make backups! You CAN access it remotely with official methods if it's a new 3ds, but honestly ftp transfer is a lot faster to me.

Join the 3ds hacking discord! I highly recommend searching any questions you have there as well as the Internet! Things are often changing, and unless it's a very popular site like the 3ds hacks guide, it's probably not going to stay up to date for long! Best to double check, and it can save you some hassle!

When in doubt, ask! Hacking communities tend to be very friendly and open to help, as evidenced by the blog I'm sending this too!

red o3DS

honestly I don't need the payment pictures but I'll happily take bribes in the form of them. >:3c

#1 if you have access to a 3D printer, all of the styluses have readily available free 3D models online so just get some printed!

#2 I've used those in the past! mine is currently missing but yeah it's huge. Super nice to have an extra long cable and everythin.

#3 thank u!! i didnt know that. I'll have to try it out.

#4 h u h. is there a perm url I can link to? (I dont like joining public servers myself but i'm willing to link to it!)

#5 yes yes yes yes!

[azrielslostshadow]

Modern!Azriel Headcanons

Modern! Azriel/ Navy Seal! Azriel x reader

Wordcount: 900ish

Warnings: annoying drill sergeant, couple curse words, not super gendered (like one mention of a dress)

A/N: az is a cutie in this one too :)))

Modern!Azriel who grew up in the same trashy neighborhood as you and cass and rhys. 

Modern!Azriel who was determined to make it out despite what his shitty father and half-brothers had to say about it. 

Modern!Azriel who was somehow top 10 in your graduating class despite missing like half of junior and senior year to work and help his mom pay the bills. 

Modern!Azriel who got a 1500 on the SAT and a 96 on his ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) test. 

Modern!Azriel who knew that his best chance out of the hood was the military (also probably not the best way to work out all his anger)

Modern!Azriel who convinces cass to join him and they both enlist in the battle buddy program together. (they both deploy together so they always have a homie to rely on)

Modern!Azriel who is a fucking 6’4” unit and is recruited by the navy bc he’s massive and a genius and secretly speaks like 5 languages (bc his mom is an immigrant and they’re like that) 

the drill sergeant just about dropped and foamed at the mouth at the sight of azriel and cassian (drill sergeant goes on a tangent about finally getting some “real sailors” and the rest of the unit literally hates them bc yeah he’s right they don’t compare)

Modern!Azriel who (alongside cassian) gets asked to apply to seal school and they graduate with some of the highest BUD/S scores the navy has ever seen (his mom is super proud and makes him mole de pollo bc its his favorite and she loves her son and his friends)

Modern!Azriel who makes it to captain in six years instead of the average nine bc he’s just that good

Modern!Azriel who always remembered you as his kind coworker from his trashy minimum wage dishwashing job in high school and definitely not as his friend’s cute younger sister.

Modern!Azriel who remembers every time you brought him dinner and badly lied about how you hated to waste food and didn’t know what to do with the leftovers so he wouldn’t feel bad about eating it (bc times were tough in HS and he really wasn’t eating enough at all)

Modern!Azriel who just kind of slowly blinks at you when him and his unit walk into the museum that you’ve been working at. 

Modern!Azriel whose chest tightens with something strange when your whole face lights up after recognizing him. 

Modern!Azriel who has only had casual flings (mostly bc he was always away for work) but feels his heart drop to his feet when you press your lips to his left cheek and give his arms a little squeeze. 

Modern!Azriel whose whole body relaxes when you pull him into a hug. who’s knees almost give out when you rub your manicured hands up and down his biceps and whisper about how you missed him–how you were worried about him. 

his whole team will harass him later about his reaction and beg for the details behind your history because even though they’re navy seals they’re really just chismosas on the inside. 

Modern!Azriel who is seriously so confused as to how you (someone who was so kind and loving) could be involved in counter-terrorism.

Modern!Azriel who is shocked when you explain to him that the art world is full of criminals and that terrorists especially love to use expensive art as methods of payment for whatever horrible acts they want to commit. 

Modern!Azriel whose chest puffs with pride when he hears you tell your boss that you have full faith in his unit and their abilities bc “azriel isn’t the kind of man who lets people down”

Modern!Azriel who is supposed to be paying attention to the baroque painting on the wall but can’t take his eyes off of you in your beautiful, floor-length, velvet gown. 

Modern!Azriel who takes out two things in one night: a secret terrorist cell and you to dinner. 

Modern!Azriel who realizes he hasn’t been able to have a serious relationship bc he’s been in love with you this whole time (read: since he was literally 9 years old and you told him he had the prettiest eyes in the world)

Modern!Azriel who wears the matching bracelet you got him every single day. especially when he’s deployed bc a photo of you might actually be too dangerous for the field

Modern!Azriel who never tells you exactly what he does just that he’s the captain of a navy seal unit bc its classified, but you still worry (especially bc you’re a historian and can almost immediately tell where he’s been in the world based on the souvenirs he brings you)

Modern!Azriel who almost bursts into tears when you tell him you love him first bc he’d  been struggling to get the words out for weeks

Modern!Azriel who gets to experience softness from someone other than his mother for the first time in his life

Modern!Azriel who is in a healthy, positive relationship with someone who loves all of him including his flaws. 

Modern!Azriel whose partner teaching him about emotional maturity and communication and slowly walks with him down his healing journey

Modern!Azriel who is pathetically in love with his partner and can’t wait to start their life together. 

[am-i-interrupting]

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[xamaxenta]

There’s a pizza delivery place near my place named “Marco”. So i have an option for a modern MA/MAS au, that just tickles me and i wanted to share with my fav MAS blogger.

Marco helping part time at his brother’s pizzeria and he keeps delivering to a certain home with a cute freckled boy with the biggest chest he has ever seen that somehow always answers the door topless.

Ace should not be eating this much pizza but he just can’t help wanting to see the sexy older blonde. Sabo is the one who ends the very unhealthy flirting style through the power of debauchery and seduction.

Marco does not make it for the rest of his deliveries. 

You know what i had a really stupid MarcoAce au where Marco doesnt work for the food industry, but when Thatch needs help he takes deliveries on foot to around the surrounding neighbourhood on his way home from the hospital/office

And Thatch calls him up one day like brobro i need a favourrrrrr can you take this order to the golden gates

And marcos like huh and Thatch snickers like the fancy place you live in, the rit carlton ass place next door ordered can ya take it over so hes like sure why not

Shows up at the aforementioned ritz carlton lookalike serviced apartments he lives next door to and gets buzzed in to deliver to the door as promised

Hes not sure what to expect the name on the receipt is Portgas and nothing else he doesnt recognise the name as anyone particularly wealthy but whos he to judge, but its not uncommon for politicians to reside here is all

Door opens to one of the cutest hottest attractive men he’s ever had the pleasure of laying eyes on, hes barely dressed too, if that can be believed

Its like the bad opening to a porno when “Portgas” beams at him like all sweet, voice has a southern twang like “hey gorgeous!! Thank you for delivering right to my doorstep, lemme tip ya for that inconvenience.”

marco heart racing waits for Ace to return and after a clatter and a swear Ace shuffles back over his smile still charming but sheepish like oh shit my lil brother took my gym bag n my wallet was in there, dont suppose youd take other methods of payment

Wink.

Wink.

Marco cannot believe his ears but hes. Down bad so hes like uh yeah yeah, um.

And ace laughs hes so beautiful like oh my god? You thought i was propositionin? Well.

Eyes him over like youre not shabby at all handsome, i meant do you take payment over the phone!

Has another giggle over it

But marcos in too deep to back out

So in he goes over the threshold fancy pizza and all and they have crazy wild sex lmao

[heymeowmao]

2024.02.13 - https://weibo.com/l/wblive/p/show/1022:2321325001030558416974

It's the New Year!!!

bgm: 晒Share (live ver.) - Da Zhangwei & Liu Yuning

LYN: Hallo everybody, good evening. I also want to take this time to wish you a Happy New Year. Happy Year of the Dragon~ C: Your hairstyle doesn’t look good. LYN: It’s the new year, do you HAVE to make me sass you? You just HAVE to give me trouble…

LYN: Today I’m a Sunshine, Cheerful, Big Boy. I just wrapped up with work- I was shooting the costume drama earlier in the day, so my hair was flattened under a wig. When I got home I didn’t want to wash my hair and try to style it- it would be troublesome. So I just took the wig I used when acting as Xiao Bei (Cicada Girls). Now I’ve saved two bottles of shampoo. LYN: It’s a wig! LYN: Someone earlier said that this hairstyle doesn’t look good, but I’ve used it to film a whole drama! Are you going to start calling me ugly before it even airs?? C: No, you’re the most handsome. LYN: Thank you, everyone. In any case it’s the New Year and spirits are up, so let’s try not to be too aggressive/angry. See- look at how harmonious I’m being right now. I used to talk back at my fans all the time, but recently I’ve- I’ve gotten better, right? 

LYN: I’m drinking tea. It’s not beer! The color isn’t even similar. Here- I still have the bottle. 

bgm: 热辣滚烫 - Modern Brothers Liu Yuning

C: I went to play mahjong. LYN: Look at you- I’ve started streaming but you’ve gone to play mahjong? I mean, you can play but… you don’t need to tell me about it! Just go play. Why are you telling me?? C: You should still sass us a little. // Your wig’s about to fall off. LYN: It’s okay if it falls off. I’d just be a little bit uglier, is all. Not to say that it falls off and all you see is a bald head underneath- there’s no way that would happen. But.. I’d rather not have it fall off. 

C: We finally meet. LYN: Ah, yes. We have a lot of new fans- and since they've started being my fan they haven’t been able to catch a live stream. Well, that’s why I’m here today, isn’t it? :)

C: The speaking volume is low. LYN: Let me adjust it; I haven’t used this equipment in a long time. LYN: How about now? Is it better? 

C: I’m a 20yuan new fan. LYN: What does that mean? I don’t get it this joke. Does it mean that since you’ve started liking me, I have to give you 20 yuan? In that case… how about we forget it (you can stop being my fan)? Can you earn money by chasing stars? Is it a one-time payment, so you’ll be my fan forever? Or is it a monthly payment? C: Ning-ge, I thought you were up to speed on all the internet memes. LYN: I’m not so much anymore these days… also whenever I do surf the net, nothing I see is related to “Liu Yuning”. So I haven’t been paying much attention, and I don’t know what a “20yuan new fan” is. 

C: How long will you stream for this time? LYN: Don’t ask. That’s a bit of an awkward question. It’s like when you go home for the New Year, and your mom asks you how much you get paid a month. It’s the same as when all your relatives start asking about how much you make. As for how long I’ll stream, it’s not definite. I’ll stream up until the time I leave. “How long will you stream for?” Until I stop streaming.

LYN: The track you’re listening to now is the OST for the movie YOLO (热辣滚烫). I know many of you have gone to watch it, and some of you are fake fans. Because you didn’t even realize by the end that I was the one who sang this song. 

LYN: Of course, I don’t blame you. I did use a different way of expressing myself for this song. From a musical perspective, I used a different method of expression. To be honest, I’m not even used to it myself. C: It’s a totally new style. LYN: Not entirely brand new, but certainly a… unique style. 

LYN: ? Why does this wig make me look really silly? I feel like I look really silly? LYN: I’m wearing a purple sweater and now I have a radish-head (?). I look like a purple radish that’s transformed into a sprite/elf. 

C: Why are you wearing a wig today? LYN: That is… um… what’s it to you? LYN: Nah. X’D I said earlier, that I was shooting the drama during the day and since I have to have te wig on it smashed my hair flat. I figured if I was going to stream I’d have to do my hair so I was thinking about how I should style it. But I didn’t really have the time today- LYN: I also think my speaking voice is a little low. Let me make it louder. LYN: -and then, I didn’t want to waste time. I wanted to stream a little bit longer so if I had tried to make my hair presentable I’d lose a lot of time. Also, I woke up too early today- a little past six. I finished up with work and came straight home to stream. Because it’s really been too long. 

LYN: I was scrolling through weibo and saw people saying that after they’d become my fan they had never once seen me stream. They’d never seen me stream. After I saw those comments I felt a little… guilty. You’d come to know of me through a drama and wanted to become goods friends with me, but I never streamed. Now I feel like I owe you. Im getting yelled at online everyday, because I haven’t streamed for you. That’s no good. Especially since I haven’t streamed solo for you. So since I wrapped up earlier today I figured I would force a stream out. C: Do you really feel guilty? LYN: Um… of course! Definitely. So guilty that I hide in my blankets and sob. LYN: It’s just that I didn’t dare to stream before the Spring Festival. It just seems like everything I say nowadays… (can easily get blown out of proportion). I was afraid, because just one of my streams is three hours long and I’m pretty much talking nonstop. What if I say something and give them opportunity to find some loophole wherein they can stick a label to me and destroy my market value? Wouldn’t that render me unable to attend Spring Festival anymore? So I was just trying to avoid the storm and make sure that I could successfully pass Spring Festival, after which- here I am. I’m sure all my old fans know why I didn’t stream. Of course, it’s also because I didn’t have the time to. LYN: Why did I dare to stream today? Because I don’t have any dramas that are about to air. If I say something (that’s used against me), I can just bear through it- just like catching a cold. I can lie in bed for 5-6 days and the topic would blow over. Spring Festival is over so I came to chat with you, and even if I don’t exactly watch what I say, everyone should turn out fine. C: How was Spring Festival? LYN: I’ll tell you about it later.

LYN: We were talking about this song, 热辣滚烫. It was a perfect timing- Qian Le-laoshi found me and asked if I wanted to sing a song. I asked him “what song?”, and he replied that it was for a movie. I agreed. But the caveat was that I had to sing it as if I was not a person who knew how to sing. When I first heard that request it seemed like a bit of a challenge, to me. I needed to sing this song as if I were someone who didn’t know how to sing. Why? They wanted a more real feeling. They didn’t want any fancy techniques. If you listen, you’ll discover that this song has no vibrato, no strong/soft execution, or emotional singing. There’s none of that. It’s just… Very basic. Sincere. That was the requirement for this song. LYN: When I was recording the song I ended up with head full of sweat. We were working in the middle of the night- because this was a bit of a rush request. I finished up work around 11p and by the time I reached the recording booth it was already past 12a. We recorded and finished up at around 4a, and I continued on my way to work in the morning. It’s a song I recorded very seriously, and it was a new challenge for me. When it was all finished and I listened to it, I thought, “Hmm… It’s a style I’ve never tried before, indeed.” But it was also quite nice. As a singer or an actor, trying out a lot of different styles and feelings you haven’t before is pretty interesting. It’s a unique song and I hope you like it. 

C: It wasn’t easy waiting for you to stream. LYN: There’s nothing hard about it. All you have to do is subscribe to my weibo and you’ll see my streams. Just keep an eye out. - /comments on how he pronounces it “weiber” bc of the Dongbei accent/ - /uses the announcer voice to announce his “2023 Weibo Livestream King” award/

C: Ning-ge, why does it look like you’re wearing a wig? LYN: Your eyes do not deceive you. You really have an eye for detail. It IS a wig. C: Ning-ge, I dreamt that I was shooting a drama with you. LYN: You want to be a celebrity? You’re a friend- we’re the same type of person because we both have dreams of becoming a celebrity. Keep dreaming. LYN: They dreamt of shooting a drama with me… was it a normal interaction, or something… something that if said aloud, would get cut? I don’t know. But in any case, you just want to be a celebrity, right?

C: Where does the sound of laughter come from? LYN: /presses the laughtrack/ LYN: Weibo has a very impressive function, and can tell when your words are funny. If it’s funny, it will automatically play a special effect. It’s just like when you’re sending messages and if you type in a certain keyword, special effects (emojis, stickers, etc.) will pop up. Weibo is high technology. As long as you say something that’s interesting, it will naturally play the laughter. LYN: “Liu Yuning” /presses the laughtrack/ LYN: Is LYN very laughable?

LYN: How are there some people who are so annoying! I only just started streaming and you’re already asking me where Daimi is!! If you really want to see her, when I stop streaming I won’t just log off. I’ll leave the camera on, strap her to this chair and let you see her. I’ll trap her on this chair and let you watch her for another hour. LYN: I’m here streaming, and you’re asking me where my DOG is??? In that case I’ll just make a post. I’ll post some pics of her. I’ll stop streaming and leave. LYN: ~How annoying!~

C: Consider taking part in a long-term variety show. LYN: I’m considering it. There will be, soon. I think I’ll be shooting for a variety show soon, because it’s part of my yearly business plan. At least one variety show every year. Usually either a music-variety or something in which I think I could relax and have fun in if I went. Last year I didn’t record any, though. LYN: Last year, because of some reasons, I didn’t record any. I received a lot of calls, and even booked one. I arranged for time out of the drama crew and everything- and then it failed before it even started. I had already reserved the time! They said, “Soon, soon.” and then later… “We’re not doing this project anymore.” I said, “Alright, then.” LYN: In that case, I figured I should book a variety show for this year. I booked one and then that other show got back to me. “We’re relaunching the project.” They just don’t want to play with me. It’s not that they couldn’t do it in the first place, they just didn’t want to play with me. Ok, then. 

C: It won’t fail again this year will it? LYN: Probably not? Don’t curse me like that!! I’m pretty happy to be recording for this show, too. In the end I don’t even get to start and it fails again? This, at the New Year??

bgm: Fall in Love - Modern Brothers Liu Yuning - /stream lags/ - 27:06 [bgm: 一念关山 - Richie Ren] LYN: It’s still not fixed yet? (the lag) It should be working now, right? - /mic test/ LYN: It’s fixed, right? If you’re lagging, leave the stream then come back in. -- starts singing 一念关山 w/ a rocky start XD LYN: It just landed on that song and I’ve heard it a lot but never sang it, so I thought I’d give it a try. See how well that turned out. These lyrics are so difficult. I couldn’t keep up. I was looking right at them and reading them, but I still couldn’t do that properly. 

bgm: 晒Share (live ver.) - Da Zhangwei & Liu Yuning LYN: This song, also- overturned everything I once knew about how to sing a song. I’m the type who- I’m better at- no, not “better”- OF THE GENRES I SING, are things more like for costume dramas. Something with a strong jianghu style. Or “emotional boy” type songs- or pretending to be emotional. Either that, or more rock style. But for this type of song- like DZW’s- I need to… pinch the tone a little (make it cutesy). I turn myself into Dongbei pincers/clips. You need to “pinch” a little when you sing. - /sings the example between pinched and not/ C: No wonder your stage teacher was laughing. LYN: I can’t even stand the sound of my own voice like that. I’m just a born and bred Dongbei man. My natural tone isn’t like that at all, so I have to “pinch”. When I hear myself- I already don’t possess a young sounding voice- but I have to pretend that I’m younger. 

C: 窝囊废文学 [t/n: loser/wimp/cowardly literature: pretending to be tough then contrasting it with a weak and spineless statement to create irony and self-deprecating humour] LYN: I know there was an interview and they asked me if I had heard of this, and I said no. But honestly, I have heard of it. At this time I would like to apologize to that interviewer- I lied. I didn’t tell you the truth back then, because I wanted to pretend I was a melancholy boy who did not surf the internet. But on the inside my DNA was awakened. I couldn’t contain myself. I hope that this year on the list of “most insincere artist” my name is not on it. Thank you. I’m sorry. I’d like to apologize. LYN: ~ Making me angry, counts as making cotton wool angry ~ LYN: Anyway- people who say that interview couldn’t help but to yell at me for it. Saying, “LYN, you’re a grown man, how could you sound so sissy? Do you think you’re very cute? At your age?? Why are you acting like my second aunt?” I was just imitating an internet meme, and you still have to yell at me for it?? LYN: ~ Excuse me, you’ve kicked me but I’m cotton wool ~ ~ Sorry but yelling at me online only means you’re yelling at a sea sponge. ~ C: I want to hear more. LYN: LOL. LYN: ~ Liking me means you’ve taken a liking to a soft persimmon. ~ Why? Because anyone can ~pinch me around~.

C: I really want to see your inventory. LYN: ~ Sorry. ~ ~ I lied again. ~ There’s really nothing in my drafts- just one or two pictures that I think about posting but don’t. There’s really not much in it. I don’t have things stored up. Not very many, at least. Just the few pictures.

C: How come the program schedule changed for Spring Festival? LYN: These things, how can I say it…there’s no good way to arrange it. The program is one thing. As for which wether we stick to the program is another thing. Because we’re live streaming, so it’s not as if everything can be controlled. As singers and actors, or even stage actors, we need to adapt to changes. I don’t care where they put me, as long as I am able to sing at all. I don’t want it to be the case where they tell me, “Xiao Ning, we’re unable to fit you into the schedule for Spring Festival. Why don’t we see you at the Lantern Festival instead?” That would be the worst. But as long as my good friend DZW and I are able to give you a bit of happiness, that’s enough. C: I was so anxious and scared I almost cried. LYN: You thought my program would be taken out of the lineup entirely? Because it was mostly dancing, you were afraid they would cut us? I’m sure you were worried about that. It’s normal, and these things do happen. It’s okay, though. It’s a first time experience for all of us. LYN: We just go by how they arrange it. If it really were the case that we were unable to perform. They’d probably let us on the 15th of the lunar new year, at least. As long as we’re in the fifteen days, we’re all still celebrating. If we can give you some happiness within the range of the “New Year” it’s all okay. C: I almost smashed my tv. LYN: It’s not worth it! Oh my goodness. Why are you venting your anger on your own stuff?? 

C: Is this a livestream or recorded? LYN: It’s recorded. This recording is so accurate I’ve already predicted that someone would ask me if this was a livestream or recorded. Truthfully this is recorded, everyone. You think you’re seeing the real me right now, but actually this is a recording. Right now I’m playing a video. I’ve already calculated exactly what time to play it, too. The time now is 7:59p. It will soon be 8p.

C: I was watching you stream and got yelled at by my mom. LYN: Why? D: Why did you get yelled at for watching my stream? Does your mother also have an artist that she likes? Someone who I have some friction with? Is that what it is? You and your mother are from rival camps? It’s not worth it. If that’s the case, then please stop being my fan. Go get along with your mom. Don’t let me get in the way of your relationship with your parents. That’s no good.

C: I’m watching with my mom. LYN: It’s good to have common hobbies. C: I grabbed my mom to watch your stream with me. LYN: A lot of you are watching with your mothers? C: My mom says you look foolish/dumb. LYN: Jie. What are you saying, jie? Jie, I’m not dumb. I’m so smart- like a monkey. LYN: Maybe this hairstyle looks a little dumb, though? You think this hairstyle makes me look a little dim-witted? Its like how I sang this song. /sings a line/ Does it give off that feel? Jie, I’m not dumb. Jie- if you really think that way, why don’t I go change my hairstyle? Into something smarter. Wait for me, five minutes. Let me go change my hairstyle. I’ll see if I can change into something smarter. Let me find a video to play for you. LYN: Oh, great. I don’t have any. That’s okay. I don’t have any saved, so let’s look one up right now. LYN: Seriously, though. I’m going to go change my hair. I can’t stand myself anymore. Looking at myself, even I think that I don’t look very bright. Let me play this video for you. -- break #1 (I guess)

LYN: Jie, I’m back. You haven’t left, have you? The one who said I looked foolish- you haven’t left, right? I’m back now. You said I looked foolish, so I went to change for you. Hold on a sec, let me see how to close this… Eh? Oh? Hold on… /finally got it/

LYN: ~Woman. You’re playing with fire but you’ve successfully gained my attention. I need to know everything about you within 3 minutes.~ LYN: ~What? You want to know what my name is? I am Leng Shao.~ C: Oh, my god! LYN: ~I’m sorry. You’ve been struck by me again.~ C: Where did “Leng Shao” come from? LYN: My streams are like an ongoing drama series. If you miss a few episodes you’ll have no idea what the “Leng Shao” joke is. ~ My cheesiness has caught you again.~ C: This isn’t as good as the previous one. LYN: … Let’s just make do.

C: Put it on properly. LYN: /starts fixing his hair/ Okay, I got it. I was rushed so I didn’t have time to style it any sort of way. Let me fix it a little. C: Can you change it back? LYN: … You think I’m so easy to push around?? I’ll change an outfit just because you say so? - LYN: /sobers/ Is this a little non-mainstream?- C: My mom ran away. LYN: Stop messing around. If she’s old enough to be your mother that means she’s all sorts of things in the world already. I am nothing in comparison to the things she’s seen. Don’t mess around. This is quite fine. C: It’s too late. LYN: She couldn’t take it anymore and left? Okay, then. Let her go. It’s not as if I was planning to go to your house and become her son-in-law, anyway. I was only just trying to respect each and every one of my viewers. You mom deciding not to watch me anymore was her choice. That has nothing to do with me and honestly… I don’t really care. Don’t think you can manipulate me.

LYN: Friends, don’t you think this style is non-mainstream? Now I have to find a non-mainstream song to match. Can you think of one for me? What song is non-mainstream? You can type it into the comments and if I know how to sing it, I’ll see if I can sing a few lines. What song suits this appearance? - I miss you - 我姓石 (My Name is Shi) [ /recites the lyrics/ ] LYN: Is it that one? Oh, I haven’t heard it before. (lies) I don’t really see these things that are trending online, because I am more of a secluded guy. - 玫瑰花的葬礼 (Funeral of Roses) LYN: Are there any others? Let’s sing another one. I’m not really familiar with that last one, so Leng Shao is now a little embarrassed. C: You’re embarrassed? LYN: I can say that I am, but you can’t say that I am. Because I never feel embarrassed. Maybe when doing other things, but I’ve never felt embarrassed when I’m streaming. That word isn’t in my dictionary. Because I can’t afford one. - C: Ning-ge, I’ll exchange ten years of being single for your to look at my comment once. LYN: I saw it. 

- C: 坏女孩 LYN: ? I’ve never heard of that song. C: 不分手的恋爱 LYN: This song’s accompaniment track isn’t available, so please allow me to duet with WSL-laoshi. - 不分手的恋爱 (Never Breaking Up)

LYN: Okay. That’s about enough. C: Suddenly I want to change my QQ ID.

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C: Ning-ge, if you can see my comment, then send me a “yeah~” ^^V LYN: There’s no need to send secret signals in my stream. If I see you, send you a “yeah~”? Forget it. - C: Ning-ge, did you wake up naturally today? LYN: In the world of adults, how many can actually sleep until they wake up naturally? You must be going to school, still? That’s the happiest time of life, when you’re going to school. So… enjoy it. But, adults do get vacation around the new year!

LYN: I used to be in the customer service business- everyone knows this. I used to be a waiter in a restaurant- that’s customer service. Then later I became a cook, and truthfully that’s also customer service based. Later still, I was a clerk in a clothing shop. But these types of customer service-based jobs really don’t have such things as “holidays”. Especially now around the New Year. Everyone has time off and it’s actually the busiest time of the year for restaurants. At this time, pretty much everyone in the customer service industry is working. LYN: You’d think that after all my hard work to become a singer and an actor it’d be different, but it’s the same. We’re in the business of customer service. Actors are here to service the viewers. Singers are here to service the listeners. It’s basically customer service. And what’s the golden rule? The customer is king. That’s something that’s been ingrained into me from my time working in previous customer service industries. - LYN: There was that friend earlier, who said, “If you can see my comment, then send me a “yeah~”. Here it is now.

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C: Did you work today, Ning-ge? LYN: I did. I started working the day after New Year’s. We can’t really stop work in the drama crew, because each day that passes is money spent. Think about all the staff/crew- one day that we’re not working is still a day we need to pay them their salary. All the cameras used to shoot the drama are rented. The longer we rent them, the more money we need to pay for them. The hotels we’re staying in- another night that passes is another night we need to pay for. So it’s… we need to work. All drama crews are like this. LYN: I told you earlier, I woke up at 6am today. I was shooting a day full of fight scenes. I got back home and honestly I was tired and sleepy. I wondered if I should even stream at all. But I thought about it, and if I didn’t stream today I don’t know when the next chance I’d get would be. Thankfully we wrapped a bit earlier today. You don’t know how rare that is. Usually we wrap at around 7-8p, or 8-9p. By the time I’m done getting everything in order it’s already close to 10p, so I don’t stream. Today we wrapped up early so I thought I’d stream a little for you. LYN: Also, to the friends that are asking if I’ll stream until 12a- It’s not likely to happen. Please spare me.

C: Are there a lot of fight scenes in this drama? LYN: Very few. Not much. Because I don’t have very many scenes to begin with. C: Any horse-riding scenes?  LYN: Only once. There’s not many outdoors shots, in this drama. // I’m talking about for MY role. Not much outdoors shots for my character in this drama. C: Youve finished filming? LYN: Not yet, there’s still about a little more than a month left. C: Ning-ge, have you signed a lease in Zhejiang? (?) LYN: For the past four years I’ve spent the New Year in Hengdian. Yeah, just about four consecutive years.

C: Ning-ge, you probably won’t die this time, will you? LYN: Uh… I don’t know. I can’t give any spoilers. But I just want to say- I don’t know why, but the roles I accept are- /thinks about it/ /gets sad/ Why?? /cries/ LYN: From the moment I debuted until now- the death rate for the roles I’ve accepted is about 70%. I was acting as supporting characters before- third, fourth , or even second male lead. They died. After all this time I’ve finally gotten to play a male lead and in the end I was stabbed to death by spears. LYN: As an actor, Liu Yuning very easily dies. There’s a saying that goes “It’s rare to die for once.” For me it should be “It’s rare to live for once.” In any case, please be mentally prepared when you’re watching my dramas. If you get too into it, I’m sure you’re going to be brokenhearted for me later.

C: Ning-ge, if I watch a 20-second commercial, will you be alive then? LYN: Do you think it’s a mini game? (watch an ad for more hearts/lives)

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C: Ge, do you have any varieties this year? LYN: I do. I said so earlier, so you must have just come in. I’m planning to do a variety show this year. … Do you know what it will be? I don’t know- was that interview released? I had an interview earlier and they asked me the same question and I actually responded. Has that interview been released yet? Has it? I don’t think so. C: I haven’t seen it. LYN: Maybe they cut that part. It doesn’t matter. LYN: Right! It’s not that I can’t tell you about it, just that since I actually haven’t STARTED on it yet, I’m afraid to tell you. Based on my previous experience, my mouth’s gotten me in trouble with things like this. I like to share with you when I’ve accepted jobs, and then after I tell you all about it the project/job folds. Either that or I’m replaced by someone else. It’s always like that. So now I… won’t tell you. C: Give us a hint. LYN: A hint? How about the third word in the name? No- I’ll do this, it’s very simple. /^^V/ That’s very obvious, isn’t it? I even responded to that person who wanted to send secret signals in my stream, again. ^^V. Isn’t this hint very obvious? [t/n: what is that, The Voice??] LYN: That’s right. It’s The Voice of China. Isn’t the logo for that show the peace sign with a microphone? I’m going to The Voice of China to audition.

C: Got it. Second concert tour. LYN: No, honestly- and wait until I’m done speaking. The reason why I don’t want to tell you is because I’m afraid that when I’m done telling you some of you are going to have a mental breakdown. It’s like this- /stalling/ I really do want to hold my concert this year, I do. But right now there are some things… that I’m conflicted on. Don’t worry, it’s an internal conflict. If I hold my concert, then I’ll have to accept one less drama. But the projects that have come to find me look pretty interesting and I kind of do want to accept them. So now I’m trying to figure out if there’s a way for me to accept the drama role but also hold my concert. I’m trying to find a way that will allow for both. C: Alright, then. That’s not going to happen. (since he said it out loud) LYN: /laughs/ OMG, I only just gave you this “two” symbol, and you’re saying “Whelp. That’s the end of that.” 去你的! I already asked for leave from the drama crew! I need to go record for it. It should be soon. LYN: There’s a really good project, though. Originally I was intending to finish up this one, and do the next one and I’d finish up around July/August, at which point I can hold my concert. That was my intention. But later some projects came for me that I quite like. I’m still thinking about it. I need to make a decision. C: You can do either.

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LYN: Being a singer, to me- and I said this during that interview, too- it’s something very precious to me. To me, it’s a surprise. Whenever I release a song, or listen to a song, or come across people commenting on my songs- it’s a surprise. But I don’t ever want to lose it. As an actor- really I’ve only just started. My fans all kow that I’ve been shooting dramas for about four years, now. But honestly, I don’t really have anything to show. I’ve really only JUST started being able to accept leading roles. Honestly- let me play some emotional music- LYN: I’ve been in quite a few dramas, and that was because I wanted to learn more and hone my skills more. I wanted to be able to accept all the opportunities that came to me. But now there are some opportunities for leading roles, and some of the projects look really promising and I quite like the roles. I was thinking… I just don’t dare to let myself stop. Those who know me know that I haven’t stopped shooting dramas since I’ve started. Whenever I meet someone and they ask me what I’ve been up to, my answer has always been, “I’m shooting a drama.” You really have to keep it going, because the post-production period is so long. Some dramas are one year, one and a half, or even two years. Something you shoot this year might not be released until at least a year and a half later. If you delay it, then the time when people will see you will also be delayed. I’m afraid to let myself stop shooting dramas. I was shocked, recently by various things. LYN: I feel like I am a little fat, honestly. [t/n: ?!??] Sometimes I’ll take selfies, for fun. But when I look back at the pictures I took I feel like I’ve gotten fatter. I should be more self-aware. As an artist or an actor, I need to be more self-conscious and start losing weight. You all know that I’m down to the thinnest I’ve been in my career. I’m already very thin, though. But your body is bound to be unaccustomed to losing weight out of the blue, so I found that I keep getting sick. I kept getting low fevers that lasted a week. I’d be fine in the morning, but then have a fever at night. I’m not trying to make you pity me; I’m just sharing. I’ve also put in the effort towards being an actor. I’ve also given it my all. Of course, at my age catching a cold is normal- there’s nothing to pity me for. I just want to say that I’ve worked hard, too in order to make myself a little thinner. To not look as swollen-faced on camera.

LYN: I don’t want to let myself stop shooting dramas, but I think it’s also about time that I held my concert. That’s why I’m conflicted. If I hold my concert, the tour would be over in about 2-3 months. 10 stops. At the most 15-20 stops. But I don’t think I would be able to hold that many. I’d be hurting, too. Probably 10-15 stops or so. But if I hold my concert THEN start acting again, the timeline might not be as smooth as I’d like. I don’t know. I haven’t thought it through yet. Let’s put that aside for now. I’ll focus on the drama that’s currently filming first and start thinking about it when I’m in my next crew. There’s no rush on it. There’s just so much I have to think about… Please understand. LYN: I do want to take a break. By that I mean it’s time for me to rest my brain. The past two dramas were too close together. After Cicada Girls it wasn’t a week later that I was in this crew already. 

C: Find some time to have a few kids. LYN: I wish I still was a kid, myself. 

C: It feels like you’re very tired. LYN: I’m okay. It’s not that bad. When I was walking around with FYL, I even said then that I wanted to take a rest, because I haven’t stopped since I started. What I mean by that is not that I haven’t stopped working since, but that mentally, I haven’t let myself stop. I’ve never told myself, “You need to take a break now.” or “It’s time to rest.” I don’t want to let myself take a few days. This isn’t about professionalism. It has nothing to do with that. I just… want to succeed. So I’ve packed my schedule and have tried not to let myself lose that momentum. It’s been more than five- almost six years now. But there are times that I realize that it’s too much and that I really do need to take a break. 

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C: I want to timidly ask: Lao-da, will you release your album this year? LYN: Of course. These days, my album- Really- /cries/. It’s because I sing too many OSTs. You’ve seen/heard a lot of them already but actually there are a lot of songs that I receive but don’t like, so I don’t sing. If I didn’t care about whether I liked them or not, if I just accepted every job that came to me, you’d hear a lot more. But I can’t do that. Most of the OSTs I accept are songs that I like or think are unique. But during this whole process, I am constantly receiving songs and listening to them all has made my brain weary. I just don’t want the songs on my album to sound too much like OSTs. Otherwise they wouldn’t have any meaning. That’s the requirement I set for myself. But I realized that it’s difficult. It is. LYN: At first I started picking some dance songs. Like this- /Fall in Love/. You can tell at first listen it’s nothing like my OSTs. That’s why I chose this one to start, and that’s the direction I started going in. The songs I’ve recently acquired and the ones I’ve already finished recording are all okay. But I’m just missing two more. I need two more before I can release my album. I recently acquired one from a singer- it’s quite nice and I like it, but haven’t recorded it yet. When I finish up this drama I’ll go back to Beijing and record that one first. After I finish that one, I need to find two more and the album will be complete and can be released. I was thinking- if I don’t release them now, they’ll expire. LYN: I mean- the musicality is still there. They’re not what’s trending now, in any case, so I don’t have to worry about that. But think about it- some of these songs I recorded the year before last. For those of us who aren’t singer-songwriters, why do we rarely release music? It’s nothing to be ashamed about, because many singers don’t write their own songs, but it’s because we don’t have the creative ability. It’s not something we can just DO. You know? LYN: It’s like- some people are good at running, and others run for two seconds and their legs are cramping. Everyone has their own thing. So… sometimes when I receive demos I’m not very satisfied with them, and I turn them down. But no matter what, I need to release my album in 2024. By all means necessary. If I don’t release this album then the concert is totally off the table. I need to release this album first, before I can consider holding a concert. 

C: Ning-ge, are your concert tickets free? LYN: Someone come here and kick them out. They came here to mess around. They’re here to purposely start trouble. Moderator- please find that person who asked if my concert tickets are free and kick them out. LYN: My albums are already free. My streams are free and I stream all the time. I don’t even think to ask you to pay to see them. As a singer holding a concert, you want the tickets to be free?? Why don’t I just GIVE you 500RMB and invite you to come watch? Okay? I’ll give you 500, so you can come watch my concert. I’m begging you to come see it. I’ll arrange a spot for you in the front row. I’ll let you sit on stage to watch me sing. How does that sound? Come. I’ll move a chair- move a sofa up on stage for you. I’ll sing right in front of your face. When I’m tired I’ll sit in your lap. I’ll offer that type of service, how does that sound? That customer service attitude. C: Ok. LYN: Kick everyone who says “ok” out of the stream. LYN: /laughs/ Let me tell you, friends. There’s no such thing in this world as a free OST, just like there is no such thing as a free LYN concert.

C: If I bring my kid, can they get in for free? LYN: Um. Here’s the thing. We sell by seat. In this respect, buying a concert ticket is just like buying a plane ticket. Do you need to buy a ticket for your child when you ride a plane? If you do, then you should buy them a concert ticket. 

C: Are there different prices for children? LYN: I don’t know. I know that in my previous concert, there were some friends who brought their kids. I don’t know what type of tickets you bought, then? Honestly the ticketing is not under my purview. For that question, go to the ticketing site and ask them. I can’t answer this question. The tickets and prices are not something I can set. I’m only the singer. If you want to ask me if the venue seats are comfortable or not, I can’t answer that either. I’d like to make it as comfortable for you as possible, though.

C: There’s a baby in my belly, can I go to the concert for free? LYN: Is it free for pregnant women…? It’s like this- it’s free for the baby inside a pregnant woman, but the pregnant woman herself cannot go for free. That’s the only thing I can guarantee. You’re pregnant and you want to watch my stream- I mean, my concert- it’s complicated for the baby inside you, so we won’t ask for any fees for them. But as the pregnant woman herself, as a viewer and listener, you should still pay. I don’t care what you are, you still have to pay.

C: Can people 1.5m and under get in for free? LYN: It’s not free.

LYN: Concerts are like this- every person needs a seat. There are no standing tickets. This isn’t a music festival. It’s in a venue, that doesn’t let you stand. It goes seat by seat. If you don’t buy a seat, you don’t have a place to sit around. There won’t be any situation where you can get in for free. 

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C: Ning-ge, I’m a new fan. I want to meekly ask- if I check in on the Super Topic, can I really claim a bottle of soybean oil? LYN: … Yes. I said before- if you check in 300 consecutive days you can claim a jug of soybean oil. 600 days and you get a 10kg bag of rice. For real.

C: I don’t have anymore soybean oil in my house. LYN: Then start checking in. LYN: If you haven’t subscribed to my weibo yet, please subscribe. From today on, you can start checking in on my Super Topic and when you hit 300 consecutive days you can take home your very own jug of soybean oil. I know that many parents may not understand why their kids would chase stars, and they tell you, “What good is it to chase stars everyday? What good does it do you? What can you get out of it??” Once you start liking me, now you can tell your mom, “I can get a jug of soybean oil out of it. If I surpass 600 days I can even get a 10kg bag of rice home.” It gives you an excuse to do what you want to do. /laughs/

C: But where do you claim it from? LYN: For specifically where you can claim it… I’ll tell you later. I’ll give you an address later, and you can go there. But I’m kind of busy,I don’t have any more time. I’ll tell you later. No rush. You check-in first. I’ll let you know when the time comes. 

C: Ning-ge, you’re trending. LYN: Are you serious? No way~ How can that be?? How can I be qualified to be trending? LYN: What’s the topic, though? Is it “LYN_Livestream” or??? C: The same old. LYN: Then it must be “LYN_Livestream.” Okay. Thank you to everyone in the stream. Thank you to my good friends who are watching. It’s quite nice to be trending- it’s just letting more and more people know that I am streaming. If they have some free time they can click in to watch. LYN: But now that I’m trending, do I have to start speaking Standard Mandarin? ~So that I seem more “proper”?~ // Let me adjust. 

bgm: Ice Paper - 夜泊秦淮 (Ye Po Qin Huai)

C: Stop pretending. You were fine earlier. LYN: ~Who are you saying was “pretending”? /transitions into drama voice/ Let me tell you- there’s no one in this world more sincere than I am. I just suddenly wanted to speak Standard Mandarin- what about it??~ C: I love hearing the Dandong dialect.  LYN: ~If you love hearing it, then go to Dandong to play. What are you telling me for??~ C: You’re a pu-xin-nan. LYN: /laughs/ ~What did you say?? Who are you calling a pu-xin-nan?~ LYN: It needs that extra kick from reciting lines.

C: Why is your face so pale? LYN: I’ve put some powder on. I admit it. Because today- LYN: You don’t need to keep spamming! There’s someone in here who is constantly spamming. “Why is your face so pale? (x3)” As if you think I don’t know what you’re trying to do here?? You don’t know why I’m so pale? Huh? There are a couple reasons: 1. I’ve put powder on. Or 2. The beauty filter’s on. Right? What else could it be? LYN: I know you just want to annoy me.

C: Ning-ge, are you wearing pants? LYN: ??? What do you mean? I look like I’m wearing a normal outfit up top, but I’m actually wearing swim shorts on the bottom? I’m wearing normal pants. Sweatpants.

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C: Ning-ge, do you have an award for this year’s Livestream King? LYN: :) Who is this? Remember this person. You’re a great friend. Remember this person’s name. I’ve been waiting all night for someone to ask me this question and up until now, no one has. It’s an hour and a half later and finally someone asks, “Do you have an award for Livestream King?” - /grabs his award/ LYN: There’s a complicated process for these things. To think, if no one had asked me, what would I do? I’d say, “Friends, did you know? I’m the Livestream King. I even have an award~” ?? That would make me seem super shameless. But since someone asked me, I have to pretend to be humble. I need to make it seem as if it’s not very important to me, but Weibo did acknowledge me, so I have to show my thanks. In that case, I’ll take it out to show you. LYN: Friends. I’ll take away the lyrics to let you screenshot. We need to commemorate this brilliant moment. - /poses for the camera/

LYN: Okay, that’s enough. You got the screenshots, right?

LYN: I suddenly found a problem. I came to Weibo in ‘21- because that’s when my contract with my previous platform ended and I needed to choose a new one, so I chose Weibo. I streamed for the year of 2021, and they awarded me with the title of Weibo Livestream King. Some encouragement. But they didn’t give this award to me in 2022. At the time I hadn’t realized yet. It wasn’t until 2023- the later half of 2023- that I thought, “Eh? I was King in 2021, but not 2022? Who can beat me on stream time on Weibo?” I looked it up everywhere and couldn’t find anything. Then you told me that there was no award in 2022. The category was eliminated, because I was the only contender. I said, “Ohh, there was no King in 2022. Okay, I’m fine with that.” It can only be that no one gets it, but it can’t be that you got it but I didn’t. I won’t fight for anything else, but for Livestream King I want to make an effort for it. That’s the first thing. LYN: The second thing is that the staff at Weibo are all really great. They must have heard me complaining about it. They’re such a big platform that a single award won’t put them out. I’m guessing that while they were making all the other awards, they decided to toss this one in as well. While they were at it. “Why don’t we just make LYN another one? He’s over there complaining about us in his stream, as if he can’t live without it. Let’s just make one for him. We’ll make it and just send it to him. Whatever.” And then- they made me a “2022-2023” award. I mean- if you’re going to make it, can’t you just make TWO?? I can put all three up at home: [2021]-[2022]-[2023]! But now you’ve made it: [2021] - [2022-2023]. Wow, just two. You’re already making them, you couldn’t just make one extra?? LYN: Also friends, you might not know, but these awards are all made with a mold. When you go to the clothing warehouse and buy a single item of clothing it might cost you 100rmb, but it you buy 100 articles, it will only cost you 60rmb per article. By that I mean the more awards you make, the cheaper they are in the long-run. The more stock you buy the cheaper you can get them for. You know- Now it’s just awkward. There’s 2021 over there, but now I have “2022-2023” here to put with it. If they’re going to do that I’m guessing next it’ll be like this: no award in 2024, no award in 2025, then they’ll give me one in 2026 that reads, “2024-2026”. Based on logic, I’m guessing it will go like that. I hope not, though. 

C: Have one custom-made for you. LYN: /laughs/ I- I don’t think there’s a need to. These types of things, there’s no good reason to make one for yourself. That’s not worth it. First of all, I’d feel sad for my money. Secondly, who makes an award FOR THEMSELVES?? There’s no need to do that. 

C: Ning-ge, is it made of gold? LYN: /laughs/ You’re asking if this Weibo award is made of gold? Do you think we’re at the Olympics?? You expect them to make an award/trophy out of real gold? They don’t even want to make me two of them. XD I don’t believe there’s any gold (jin) in it. There’s no way. I’m guessing it’s probably- /stares at it/- alloy (hejin). It’s also a type of “jin”.

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C: Why are there so few strawberries in a box? LYN: I’m not a strawberry businessman, why are you asking me??? I’m only here to suggest that you try Dandong strawberries. Now you want to ask me, “Why are there so few strawberries in a box?”? Go ask an expert. I know that I always tell you that you should try Dandong strawberries, but I am not the customer service agent for the whole of the strawberry industry. Maybe if I were an ambassador and received a commission from it, then it would be my job to ask the experts for the answer. I’d ask for you. But it has nothing to do with me… It’s like I suggest you go to Dandong to try the crab, and you go but it upsets your stomach. Then you tell me, “You made me go to Dandong to eat seafood and now I have the runs. Compensate me.” LYN: “Why are there so few strawberries in a box”? There’s one thing you can do. Buy multiple boxes and consolidate them into one. Let’s say one box has 20. Buy ten boxes. 200 strawberries. Tell them to put those 200 into just one box. Then you’ll feel like the box is full and satisfying. These strawberries aren’t sold by the box, usually it’s by the weight. Fruits, you know, they’re all priced by weight. 

C: Trending in the Entertainment tab at #12. LYN: Really? No way. ~ How can that be? I don’t believe I have that ability. Friends, how does my voice sound? ~ A lot of people say that I have an accent and it’s too strongly Northeastern. ~ Do I? ~ LYN: ~ Id like to welcome everyone to my livestream. My name is Liu Yuning. Currently, I am a singer and actor by profession. Next, I’d like to sing a nice song for you. I hope you like it. If you want to hear something, please let me know. ~ C: I have goosebumps. LYN: Are they the good kind or the bad kind? Because goosebumps can be categorized into good and bad ones. Sometimes you’ll see something really disgusting and get goosebumps. The other kind is if you’re watching a movie and it comes to a really thrilling part, with the music to accompany, you get the goosebumps like, “WOW!” Which kind are you? C: You’re at #10 now. LYN: Alright. Let me play you a video while I use the restroom, and I’ll come back to stream properly for you. I’ll grab a water, too. I was drinking this milk tea but now my throat feels sticky. I’ll play a video and please wait for me. 

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LYN: I’m back. I know it’s been a long time since I streamed last, solo at least. The last time I was with Da Fei and Ah-Zhuo and we did the Carnation Music Festival. I think the last solo stream was a little more than two months ago. It’s inexcusable, so I figured I should come stream today. There’s nothing going on- I just want to chat. If there’s anything you want to chat with me about, you can type it into the comments. Of course, try not to mention other artists and cause me trouble. I just want to safely and peacefully stream for once. I don’t want any trouble. 

C: Why do you need to wipe your face? LYN: It’s oily. If you sit in front of the computer for hours, you’re going to get oily too. Or maybe it’s just because I’m rather greasy.  - C: Ning-ge, if you livestream there’s a danger to your life. LYN: What are you talking about? Don’t try to scare me. At most the computer explodes. XD No. I’m only just turning on the stream, not handling a grenade. Why would it?? - C: You’re just a greasy man. LYN: Ok. If you’re going to put it that way, I’m going to start “pinch”ing. I’ll make my voice more “pinched”! LYN: ~ Ahaha~ Sorry- Seems like you were "greased out” by me again. ~ 

C: Ning-ge, can we get the trending topic to #1? LYN: There’s no need and I don’t think it would get that far. My trending topics can’t really make it to #1, because it’s a normal occurrence. At the very beginning, maybe it was something new. But now I stream too much and the “LYN_Livestream” topic is a staple. It’s not fresh anymore. No one is very interested in it anymore. C: You’re at #8 now. LYN: Friends, when I’m trending now I have this senses of terror. Before, I would be trending sometimes too. But as soon as I clicked in to the topic it would be to find a bunch of people cursing me out. I don’t want to really look at the trending topic now. I fear it’s going to mess with my good mood. 

LYN: How about… I take a look? - /browsing/ C: Ning-ge don’t be afraid. LYN: A bunch of you are in here saying, “Don’t get flustered.” C: LYN is the coolest! LYN: Let me tell you- if you say that you’re going to get yelled at. There are going to be people on you, telling you to “eat better.” They’re going to DM you immediately, telling you that you can do better. For example I like eating Lanzhou noodles. I just like noodles, so I say, “Noodles are the best.” Then someone comes up to your door and says, “Hey. Eat better.” Don’t post things like “LYN is the coolest”, because you’re likely to get reported. 

C: Ning-ge, it’s okay. You can look this time. LYN: What they mean by that is it’s okay for me to look in the topic, because everything in there is positive? Another thing is that I’m streaming right now and maybe those of you who are watching have created a blank slate for me. You’ve made it so that I can’t see all the bad comments. This friend is telling me it’s okay to look. But the problem here is that their “it’s fine” is typed as ’没失‘ and not as ‘没事’ as it should be. LYN: … LYN: As in the “失” that means “to die”. As in “to lose”. I guess they mean to say “It’s okay. You won’t die.” LYN: Amazing. /sarcastic/ You sure are talented!

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C: How much are the concert tickets? LYN: The sales haven’t even started yet!! Stop asking, please. The tickets are how normal concert tickets are priced. There are all sorts of ranges. If you want to sit closer to the front it’ll be more expensive. If your luck is bad, just get a cheaper ticket in the back and be done with it. It all depends on your own ability. This is normal. I am unable to tell you how much they will cost at this time. Because I don’t even know if I’ll be able to hold it in the first place or not. How can you be negotiating prices with me already?

C: Ning-ge, did you use double eyelid tape for Spring Festival? LYN: /laughs/ /sobers/ What are you talking about?! It’s like this friends- my friends on the small side, but actually I do have inner double eyelids. I you look at me from this angle- I have double eyelids. But once I open my eyes they turn into monolids. The problem is… maybe I’m getting older? You know how when you age, your eyelids start to… sag? It’s a clear and obvious sign of aging- either they’re swollen or sagging. Sometimes when I wake up in the morning and head straight to makeup- there’s four layers.

LYN: In the leaked shots from set, some people comment, “Why do Ning-ge’s eyes look different? Has he used double-eyelid tape?” No. It’s not a double-eyelid It’s a triple eyelid. And then, sometimes as I shoot throughout the day, there will be a close-up shot. I turn my head- this eye is triple-lidded and this eye is single. I look like this:

LYN: One big, one small. The director will see that and say, “Um… Let’s not shoot this scene right now. We’ll wait until nighttime, when your eyes are less swollen. It’s just a simple turn of the head (it can wait).” Yeah. I’m getting older.

C: Ning-ge, you should instantly do some Thermage treatment. LYN: Is that something you can do in an instant? I mean- I know I’ve mentioned Thermage before, but it’s not something that can be- it’s not something that I’m constantly doing. I’m not doing it anymore. The past year- the last time I did it was a year ago. I don’t do it anymore. I don’t need it. Now I do “cao sheng pao”. [t/n: idk what that is.] Now that really hurts.

C: Lao-da, why do you keep squeezing your eyes? LYN: They’re kind of uncomfortable. I have a bit of a bad habit, which is I like to do this: /scrunch his nose, then blink his eyes hard/ Sometimes it itches. I don’t know why but lately the inside of my nose has been really itchy. That’s why I keep needing to twitch my nose a little.

C: Ning-ge, are you flirting with me? LYN: /laughs/ You shouldn’t have such delusions. 

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C: /comment about his red socks on Spring Festival/ LYN: It wasn’t that purposeful, but you have to wear red on New Years, right? But who knew that those pants were- It was kind of cold that day, so- even if I were on stage I’d still wear my thermals. I wanted to wear my thermals on stage, but figured I should also put on some socks. But because of the thermals the pants turned little shorter, so you could see my red socks. I was thinking about changing into black socsks, but we had already reached the stage and it would be troublesome to change, so I just wore the red socks. I figured you wouldn’t be abe to see it so clearly, anyway. Doesn’t matter.

C: What should I do if I can’t finish my homework? LYN: If you can’t finish it, then go do it. Why are you telling me? Do you want me to do your homework for you? There are such things as designated drivers, do you want a designated writer now? You want me to do your homework for you? Why don’t you learn well and do your own homework.

C: What should I do if I’m tired of/at work? LYN: I already said, didn’t I? There’s no such thing as “easy” in the world of adults. We’re all tired. You can… not work. But if you don’t then you’ll go hungry. What else can you do? You can only be tired. I’m not trying to discourage you, but I do think that’s it’s okay for young people to work harder and be a little more tired. If you can work hard while you’re young, you should. Don’t be like me, who’s just started trying at my age- we don’t have hope. Well, I can’t say “at my age”- just, when you’re a little older. I still have a little hope. C: I have to work hard so that I can buy tickets to your concert. LYN: Right! It’s a sort of motivation. Even if you don’t go, you should do well at work so that you can earn more money. Right? I know it’s not easy. When I was working- I was working in a clothing shop during the day and when I got off work there I went to the bar to sing. I had two jobs in a day. For what? To earn more money so that I could live a better life. These two jobs added together earned me a little less than 4,000rmb. Singing at the bar, I only made 800 in a month. 

C: Ning-ge, are there souvenirs from Spring Festival? LYN: You go to Spring Festival and even come back with souvenirs? Actually, there were. Those dragon hats you saw on tv- there were those. Let me see if I can find it, and if I can I’ll wear it for you. If I wear it, it will prove that I was actually there.

LYN: There it is. They gave us this hat and a bunch of other things, like a Lego set. It was of the tv station’s advertising car. All nice. - /starts shaking his head do the puff balls hit him in the face./ LYN: Smacking myself.

C: Raffle it. LYN: Why should I? It took great effort to be on Spring Festival at all and they gave me stuff to commemorate the evening with, and you want me to raffle it off?? One day when I’m old I won’t have any thing to prove that I’d been there! Why should I raffle it? If you want it, buy it yourself.

C: Ning-ge, your dancing has improved. LYN: Save it. The Spring Festival stage was different than stages that I’m usually performing on. How? For example the Weibo World Festival, or Weibo Night- for events like that if I have a performance I will usually spend the day before in rehearsal. During rehearsal, one of my staff will record it so that I can see the overall effect of the stage. If the camera angles change, they might record the monitors so that I’m more aware during my performance where I should stand or when to maintain my expression, or where I should pay attention in singing. Based on what I see while monitoring the rehearsal, I can adjust for my performance the next day. But Spring Festival is different. They do not allow staff to record, so you have no idea how you’re doing on stage. That’s number one. Number two, Spring Festival will not send the video of your performance to you. So that means that even if I went to rehearse four times, I have no idea what I looked like each time.

LYN: I want to say- I thought I was dancing pretty well! I thought, “Wow, I’m so lively!” Because the thing about Spring Festival is that everyone on stage is happy- to bring all the viewers in front of their tvs happiness and harmony. It’s the New Year! People should be having fun! You need that feel, so I was super excited while dancing. Also, there was part of the song- (the shiny, shiny part)- the dance move for this was supposed to be, and you’ll know if you watched the backup dancers- /dances/. Normally it’d be like this- the two legs together. Maybe you can’t see because this camera is too close. Let me adjust. Normally, it’s supposed to be like this- I’ll move farther back (so you can see). - /demonstrates/ LYN: It was supposed to be like that. You’ll know if you saw the backup dancers. But! After DZS and I learned the dance we had to take a moment to self-reflect. Because we thought this move was a little… improper. It just felt like… because the backup dancers had other moves interspersed, it didn’t look as out of place. But DZW and I had to hold a mic and sing too, so twisting like that felt a little… inelegant. Two grown men squirming about like that was kind of girly, kind of- C: Brushing the edge. [擦边 (cā biān)] [t/n: says Baidu: “vulgar behavior that relies on revealing clothing and provocative behavior to attract attention”] LYN: Not that! It didn’t warrant the use of that vocabulary. What the heck are you talking about??! Are you trying to end me? Are you really my fan?? LYN: In any case- it wasn’t brushing the edge. It just felt too inelegant. We didn’t think that would fly. So we communicated with the choreographer, and asked if we could raise the difficulty level up a bit. What does that mean? It means we arranged side steps. Left, right. Left, right. - /demonstrates/ LYN: And we would wave at everyone with this hand. /waves/ Like that. LYN: Isn’t that better? In the end we discussed it and the choreographer agreed to let us change the move. So that’s how we changed it.

LYN: And then- I was telling you earlier- at Spring Festival, there’s no way to watch the playback. I thought it was a super happy performance. I thought I danced so well, and I was ecstatic. I even made the movements bigger. But I never saw the playback. Later- that is, after Spring Festival- I got off work and returned home to watch the performance. Oh my god. Standing at 1.9m tall with legs like chopsticks, and my movements were so big! Among everyone else it felt like two forks dancing across the stage. Like a huge, happy spider. /sigh/ If I had known I would have restrained myself a little. I would have made the movements just a little smaller. You know what it was? Let me imitate it for you. You might not know just from how I’m describing it. It was like this: - /normal ver: small side-step movements/ LYN: But I was like: /starts the music/ Okay. Here it comes. - /lyn ver: huge, happy spider/ - /runs into his chair/

LYN: In order to make it more cheerful I almost flew off the stage. C: Your movements weren’t that large. LYN: Close enough.

LYN: /in pain/ I overdid it and stepped on the chair. I heard my bone crack. LYN: I’m not kidding. Ouch. Hold on, let me play you a song. LYN: Let’s leave it along to let it recover. When I was bouncing around earlier I stepped on one of the wheels. It just happens to also be the foot I broke last year. I think it’s okay- it just hurts. Let me leave it alone for now. - /long pause/ LYN: I’m okay! Let’s leave it. /breathes heavily/ Wait for me a sec. I’ll use the restroom. Let me walk it off. Hold on- I’ll play a video for you. 

-- break #3

LYN: /self-berating/ You’ve done it now. Hm? You’ve done it now, haven’t you? What are you doing all the time, and so improper? I can’t wait to see how you embarrass yourself to death on livestream. Embarrass yourself because you’re trending. LYN: I just checked- it’s not where I broke it before. I’ve just sprained my ankle a little. It’s okay. We’ll leave it alone for now and see how it feels. Later I’ll have a staff bring me some yunnan baiyao to spray on it. LYN: I’m fine. Just sprained my ankle, so let me rest for a bit. /sigh/ Too embarrassing! // It’s not where I broke it- that’s on the foot. I just checked and it’s my ankle. I was bouncing around earlier, and you know how the chairs have four legs? I stepped on one of the legs and the chair rolled away from me. After that it made a cracking sound. My staff has gone to get me medicine. It’s all good. 

C: It’s better to elevate the foot. LYN: ? Really? Does that work? /props his foot on the other chair/ Then, how about this? I’ll stream while laying back. C: You need more calcium. LYN: Yes, I do. I bought supplements but haven’t taken them. I’m afraid to grow taller. That would be bad. I’m already 1.9+m, if I few another 1-2cm I’d be done for. C: Mainly, you need more sun. LYN: I can’t do that because If I do then... I’ll get too tan. I need to be in front of the camera everyday, so If I get tan that wouldn’t look nice. Forget it.

C: Would you still grow taller? LYN: … I don’t know. I’m just afraid to. C: You’re already so old, why would you? LYN: I really can grow taller! Humans are always growing. It wouldn’t be much, but even 0.5mm is still growth isn’t it? Even sometimes when you break a bone and the space between the two pieces heals wider that it used to be, you’d grow a little as a result/ C: Ning-ge, you’re almost 40. Can you still grow taller?

LYN: … /looks into the camera and huffs/ /sighs/ /cries/ If you didn’t tell me, I would have forgtten that I’m almost 40.C C: Ning-ge, you’re 18. Forever 18. LYN: I don’t need that. There’s really no need. You don’t have to use these types of methods to comfort me. “You’re 18. Forever young. You’re a flower.” If I were really to be comforted by such outrageous comments then I would find myself to be outrageous. C: Lao-da just turned 18 this year~ LYN: It’s whatever. Doesn’t matter.

- /puts his foot down/ LYN: I think it’s okay. It doesn’t hurt as much anymore. Don’t worry, friends. It doesn’t hurt. LYN: How embarrassing is this, though? It’d be fine if I were to sprain my ankle while filming- that’d be a work-injury. But to sprain my ankle in my own house, my own room, while jumping around for my livestream- that’s plenty shameful. 

C: Lao-da, you’re trending at #2 now. LYN: Really? I don’t believe you. - /checks it out/ LYN: You must have meant to say #12. I was wondering how I would rise to such a high level. It’s 12, not 2. You missed a “1” in there. C: #9 in My Orbit.// #2 in My Orbit. LYN: Don’t look at “My Orbit”- its because you’re following me, that you see me so high up.

C: You got happy for nothing. LYN: No. I’d feel guilty for having such a high trending topic when I don’t have any songs or dramas to promote anyway. It’s only because I’m streaming and weibo is nice to me, so they recommend my stream to everyone to let them now that I’m live. Weibo is promoting me, so it’s giving me a push. After they recommend it, maybe people who had never seen my stream before just so happen to have opened their apps and can click in to sit for a while. If they’ve got nothing else going on, it’s nice to just sit here for a while. It’s fun, here. I want to thank everyone who came to watch me today, as well. Even if you aren’t my fan, I hope you can subscribe. I am Modern Brothers Liu Yuning.

C: Were you nervous for Spring Festival? LYN: Was I nervous? I was. Because with Spring Festival it’s… how should I put this… it doesn’t let you feel secure. The rehearsals are in rounds. For example I went to rehearsal the first and second times, but not the third. It felt like our stage was taken out of the lineup and it felt embarrassing. I feel like it’s embarrassing, because you go so many times. People were looking forward to it- friends and family alike- and if in the end the program doesn’t make it in the lineup I would feel like it’s disgraceful. I was nervous up until the moment we performed. But as soon as you’re on stage and performing, it’s not as bad. Once your ON the stage, it’s okay. You just have to have fun. I mean, look how much fun I was having just now. C: I was worried to death when you didn’t go to the third rehearsal. LYN: The third time I really couldn’t get away from the drama crew and the Festival coordinators were really understanding so they just told me to go the next time. They told me it would be okay to rest and I was grateful for it. That time, I couldn’t request any more time away. Of course, my family was also monitoring my appearance, and they were sending me messages to comfort me (thinking he was out of the show). “It’s okay. There’s always next time. If you can’t go this year, you’ll go next year.” To which I had to reply, “No- It’s because I didn’t have time to go to the rehearsal. I’ll be at the next one.” 

C: It’s my birthday. Can you wish me a Happy Birthday? LYN: Happy Birthday.

C: I’ve sent 100 comments already. Look at me. LYN: Thank you.

C: Today is my friend’s birthday. Can you wish them a Happy Birthday? LYN: … :| There’s no need, right? It’s your friend’s birthday and they’re not even watching my stream but you want me to wish them a Happy Birthday? What’s the point of that??

LYN: No one has told me what the “20yuan new fan” thing means. I still don’t get it. But I guess it means that you’re new fans? If I’m guessing correctly they’re a new species of fans. XD At least here with me. They’re a new species. That’s nice. C: You’re so up to speed, you really don’t know? LYN: I really don’t. It used to be that I really enjoyed scrolling through weibo or the short video platforms, to see things relating to me. But then I found out that sometimes after I saw those posts, I would be unhappy. The way I found to fix that was to not scroll social media at all. A lot of the artist friends around me all choose not to look either; and they really don’t. After I stopped looking I became a lot happier. Really. These things can influence your mood. So I decided not to look at them, and my mood has become much better. Truly. I really don’t look at them anymore. I just deleted the apps. They’re not worthy to be on my phone. LYN: When I see bad things, I don’t have much of an interest. Even now, I don’t much look at things relating to me. Sometimes I’ll see the popular and trending stuff but I’ve really cut down on the content and comments related to myself.

LYN: My mentality is already in a good place, so you don’t have to try to comfort me or anything. There’s no need. I’m really doing very well. I think I’ve matured. People go through all sorts of experiences, and it’s only after you’ve gone through them that you grow. If anything I’ll watch some funny clips or cuts from movies, and that’s also fine.

C: Why haven’t they brought you the yunnan baiyao yet? LYN: They don’t live with me. They’re in the hotel, so it’s not a big rush. It really doesn’t hurt much anymore. It was only a sprain. It’s okay. LYN: You know that I’m on the tall side, so I’m prone to twisting my ankle. Whenever I’m shooting for the dramas, I always twist my ankle. It was the worst in the first drama I shot. Then, I twisted it during CGX. Then later, I broke my bone. In any case, twisting my ankle is- /staff arrived/ You���re here?

C: Ning-ge, it’s also my birthday. I want to hear your “loser literature.” LYN: Do you really want to hear my loser literature, or do you want to curse at me? If it’s the former, I already demo’d it earlier. Later when I stop streaming, you can scroll through the playback. I did it quite a few times. LYN: ~ Sorry, I won’t imitate it again. ~

- /someone asks why they’re not applying the medicine/ LYN: It’s okay, they’re working on it. But don’t worry. I’m old enough and can take care of it myself. You don’t need to worry about me. Later, I’ll- how long have I been streaming for? 2hours, 47 minutes. When it’s 3hours, I’ll leave. There are still 13 minutes left for me to chat with you. - /medicine time/ LYN: It’s OK now! I applied the medicine. It’s no big deal.

C: Ning-ge, is your new drama going to air soon? LYN: None of my dramas are going to air soon. I’m still filming the current one. As for the ones that are already done filming I really have no idea when they’ll air. I’m not going to worry about it, and just keep on filming. So- /thinking hard/- we’ll just wait. There’s no rush. I’ll get my album out first, and later I’ll be shooting for a variety show. So you don’t have to worry about not seeing me. I’m going to go record for a variety show; I’ve heard it’s going to be fun. So later you can watch it. LYN: Right now there are… just a bunch of dramas that are waiting to be broadcast and I don’t know when they will be. Some of them need to wait for the right time, because it’ll air on two platforms at once. It’s hard to find a common time, so we’re in a bit of an uncomfortable position. All we can do is wait. But I just need to keep shooting, is all. 

C: Zi Chuan. LYN: I only had around 190 or so scenes, if I remember correctly. It’s 48 episodes, and I only have 190 scenes. Honestly, it’s not that much. I don’t remember if that was the number, but it has to be around 200. Tian Xing (Floating world/Heroes) is also around 200 scenes. I didn’t shoot more than that. I don’t appear very much. C: Cicada Girls? LYN: That was also around 100 scenes? That one was really little, because it’s only 24 episodes long. I finished filming for that in two months.

C: Ning-ge, as long as you’re in it, it doesn’t matter how many scenes you have. LYN: Right. All you have to do is watch. For dramas, I feel like as long as I’ve participated in it, you can take a look. It’s rare that I got the opportunity to be an actor AND actually act in something, so all you have to do is support me and support the dramas I appear in, and respect my decisions.

C: Ning-ge, will you still be shooting dramas when you’re 60? LYN: I don’t know, probably not? I probably wouldn’t be. Let me… not continuously shoot dramas like that. LYN: We’ll see as we go.

C: Keep acting when you’re 60. Then there’s no doubt when you call yourself a veteran actor. LYN: Am I in this until death do me part? It doesn’t matter if I act terribly or how the drama turns out, I should still self-praise and say, “I’m a veteran actor. Because I’m 60!”? LYN: Is that allowable? Let’s forget about it. Let me enjoy my old age. At the most I’ll hold a concert when I’m an old man, at which point I will tear my shirt off for you. I probably won’t be acting, but let’s wait and see. I think I’d be able to pull off a concert at 60, though. All the little old ladies here in the stream can watch an old man go barechested together. LYN: Yes- when I’m 60 and holding my concert I’ll tear my shirt off. I don’t know which song it will be but I will just need to tear it off. I wouldn’t know why. I’m already so hot I’m left in just my undershirt, but it will be so warm that I have no choice but to remove that undershirt. Think about it- I’ll be 60 and probably not have much strength left. For fear that I would not be able to tear the shirt with my own strength, I’ll have to make a cut in the collar in advance. Even if I wanted to tear it, I’d have to cut it in advance. And then if that doesn’t work, I can use me teeth and pull at it with both hands. It’s all possible. LYN: Someone said earlier that my dancing was skirting the edge. I won’t do it now, but save it for when I’m 60. I’ll hold a concert when I’m 60 and skirt the edge then. For my risque performance it will be of a 60 year old man tearing his shirt off. So you can see a barechested old man. LYN: Oh my god, what if my fake teeth fall out? While I’m using my teeth to help tear at the shirt, my dentures fly out and off the stage? Someone picks them up and says, “I won it in the raffle.” I’m sure that’s something you would do, especially at 60. “Oh, Ning-ge’s not giving anything? Then, I won this in a raffle (of my own making).”

C: Ning-ge, you can have Daimi tear it for you. LYN: Don’t talk about such sad topics, okay? Do you think a dog’s lifespan is that long? At that time there probably won’t be a Daimi anymore. /cries/

C: Ning-ge, will you hold a concert when you’re 80? LYN: Enough, already. I have no way of answering these questions. If I told you, “Don’t worry. I live for music. It doesn’t matter if I’m 80 or 90, I will still share good music with you all.” I think saying that is too much. It’s too much. “I was born to make music. For art.” “I shoot dramas so that I can put my everything into the role.” It’s not worth it. I know these words are easily said, but I don’t believe very many can do. I can’t guarantee that I’ll still be singing at 80. What am I?? I just want to live a good life and spend my days happily. I don’t want to torture myself like that. I’ve been tortured my whole life already. LYN: By that time I should be finding free time. I should have a kid who comes home often to visit me. I should be in assisted living and have a kid who, with a smile, brings their significant other to see me. I’ll prepare some topics of conversation. Their mother will prepare a table full of food. You can talk to me about the struggles in life. Discuss your troubles at work.

LYN: It’s not a playback. This is live.

C: Lao-da, you should go for your physical. LYN: I just came back from doing it! I went mid-last year. Basically, I’m healthy. They didn’t find much. The only thing is that I am a bit calcium deficient. Other than that, nothing major. Everything is good and I’m pretty healthy. I know I look sickly/weak but I’m actually healthy. Only lacking in calcium. But you know- the design of their machine- ANY normal person who goes to test will come out calcium deficient. Honestly, a lot of people are. C: About about weight? LYN: 130+ pounds. I think I’m around 132-134.

C: Will you still be recording for The Truth? LYN: Yeah. As long as they’ll be recording for it, I’ll go. As long as they invite me to go play, I’ll go. LYN: I tend to develop an attachment to the shows I’ve been on before- and this includes all of them. I was even on Fresh Chef 100 twice. As long as there’s a second season and I’m invited, I will find the time to go. I went on WMDG twice, and actually a third season also wanted me. They wanted me for a third season! But I thought I wouldn’t have anything to show for a third season. I don’t know. Actually at that point I really didn’t have time- if I’m doing a drama and variety show at the same time the schedule is pretty strict. Music varieties are not like others, because you have to take time to prepare in advance. You have to practice the song, think about how to rearrange it, and actively participate. You also have to think about the next performance. All while doing that, you have to make sure you’re not overworking so that you can sing well for the actual performance. All in all, a music variety exhausts a lot of your mental capacity. You have to think a lot more than shows where “having fun” is the focus, like reality shows. Those are okay. Music varieties are completed with the help of a lot of professionals, so it’s more difficult.

LYN: Anyway! As long as I have the time I’ll use a few hours to stream for you. I know that after my last drama, a lot of you came to like me. I didn’t even believe it at first, because all of the ah… discussion about me online was not exactly ideal. But the fact that there are still a group of people who were able to like me despite that makes me really grateful. With some things, you can only tell with time. Like me- if you’ve been with me for a while you’ll start to understand what type of person I am. So it’s okay. I have a lot of friends who have walked with me on this path until today and they all know and understand me. I want to welcome all the new friends and if you still haven’t subscribed to my weibo, please do so. The next time I stream it will notify you~ 

LYN: Some people are typing a question into the comments in a clear attempt to trick me. You’re not good people. I’m talking to you. You’re not a good person. It’s the New Year. Do good things. There are so many people asking me…

C: Wonderland of Love was the coollest! LYN: I only went there to cameo. Are you saying that the drama was cool, or that you liked my appearance in it? In any case, it was just a cameo, which was fun. And I was happy to be involved, because they were really attentive to my appearance. They carefully selected a wardrobe for me, and did my hair and makeup well. They were serious about it, even if I was just there to cameo. I felt respected. I was happy to cameo and to promote it when it started airing. It’s not as if I had the greatest influence, but I was happy to do what I could to promote it. Even though I was just there to cameo, I felt respected and they were serious about making me look decent so that I could leave a little role there. It was nice. LYN: I feel like the hair/makeup and wardrobe for dramas nowadays is so amazing. It’s good though, and just goes to show how this industry is improving. We’re all striving for the best.

LYN: Sometimes when I’m walking down the street, some people will call me, “Ning Yuanzhou!” I think it’s nice. Before, it would be: “Modern Brothers! Modern Brothers, right? I’ve heard your song- Jiang Zhen De.” They would know me because of that cover; but that was before. Nowadays whenever I go somewhere I will hear, “Ning Yuanzhou!” instead. I think the happy thing about being an actor is that you can become known as an actor for playing a particular role. And as an actor, you really have to thank all of the roles that you’ve played, because really it’s the character that has made more people like you as a person. It’s not because we as actors are charming, but because the drama’s role is charming. That’s why I’m thankful for all the roles I’ve played before that have let more people know of me. Even if the previous character was not very outstanding or from a drama that was not very popular, there can still be those one or two fans who have won the lottery and started to like me. That’s also something the drama brought to me. 

C: I’ve watched all of your dramas and now I’m at a loss. LYN: Don’t make it seem as if I’ve been in very many dramas. The very first drama I was in was Hot-Blooded Youth and honestly I didn’t know how to act back then. Of course, I still only act pretty averagely even now. But then I didn’t know a thing about acting. I was relying on my instincts. The ones after, too. I didn’t really know how to act. I started to get the hang of it- I had an epiphany- for BCF’s role, because I got too into it. I got into it and then it went to my head. I know how some people talk about immersing themselves in the role, and I understood it, but I didn’t really FEEL it until that role. LYN: When I first started people told me that being an actor was an art that leaves you with regrets. No matter what role you play, you will always leave it with regrets. You’ll think about how you could have performed better. It’s an art that leaves you with regret. But BCF was the only role I feel like I didn’t leave with regrets. Why? Because I don’t think that if I had a second chance to play the role I would have done a better job. That’s what I think. Maybe I could do better performance-wise, but in terms of the emotion I don’t think I could do better a second time. LYN: After that role when I acted I started thinking about different approaches to a scene that I could have handled better. I started having my own sense of… what do you call it? My brain’s not working anymore. Sense of… it’s right on the top of my tongue. Sense of self-review. But I really think that if you had me go back to play BCF again- I know I didn’t have all the techniques and acting tricks down but the emotion was real. It’s not a state of mind that I can reach again. 

C: The trick to acting is not acting at all. LYN: Not so. I don’t really dare to talk to you depth about acting because I know that I am just an amateur. If I talk to you about it I’m sure that people are going to ridicule me saying, “Oh, look. This singer thinks he knows anything about acting.” But I’ll learn from the actors I work with. It doesn’t matter how small their role is, I will still observe how they act. If there’s something good to learn, I will absorb it. I’m that type of person. LYN: You say that “the trick to acting is not acting at all.” Really, that’s not completely true. I guess it would depend on what type of drama it is. For example, if you are supposed to be someone who’s been stabbed through with by a spear, tell me how they’re supposed to act that out. How would you know what it feels like to be stabbed by a spear? How would you act? Or for example, you’re walking along and get shot. I know they say to use your real feelings but, are you really going to get shot in order to act that out? So, you still need to act. You still need the element of acting- the performance. Acting is acting. The logic behind “not acting’ is just to make it more lifelike. So that people don’t feel like it’s too fake. C: Lao-da, can you act it out now? LYN: What? Getting shot? I was shot in my first drama- Hot-Blooded Youth, as WCF. He was shot and died. BCF jumped off the building and died- that’s a second way of dying. Another drama, also- oh, forget it. In any case, they all… (died). There’s also death by poison. There’s also death by getting stabbed with ten spears. You can say, “Ning-ge, the secret to acting is by not acting at all.” You’ve been stabbed by ten spears. How do you act that? Get stabbed, so you know what it feels like for real? “Oh, this is how it feels! I don’t need to act now!” C: LMX died from sickness. LYN: LMX just silently passed in his sleep. He fell asleep and was gone.

LYN: I think all that I’ve experienced in these past past five years have, especially in the recent 6-12 months- made me enjoy acting even more. Because now I know what’s good and what’s bad. I can differentiate. Even choosing scripts, roles, and teams. I have an awareness now. I didn’t used to think so much about it. I used to think that as long as the job fulfilled one of the requirements I was satisfied. But sometimes you realize that’s an uncomfortable path to take. Now I’ve gained the ability to distinguish between good and bad, and that’s a good sign of growth for me. C: The script is very important. LYN: Of course it is. The script is number 1. The script is number 1 and without it, nothing else follows. I think it’s very important. I’m talking about the majority of the dramas that are being shot right now- the script is number 1. It’s not like a movie, where you can have a lot of time to build up chemistry. For example, if there are five actors. These five need to work together to flesh the scene out- I say something, then you say something. Or, I’ll add something here, and you say something in reply so that we can have a back-and-forth. There’s a creative atmosphere that’s really great. I’ve had a couple dramas like that, but I’m not going to say which. There was one where the actors present in the scene said a bunch of fun stuff. For example, if there are five-six of us on scene we could create a really fun atmosphere that takes the basic structure of the scene and add that extra layer of character building. I think that’s something we as actors should do, as long as we are given the creative freedom to do so. When you are able to create with your fellow actors you’ll find every day enjoyable and fun. When you get on set you can share your ideas and play off of each other. As an actor, that’s the thing I found most enjoyable while shooting. On the other hand, in dramas where you don’t have that creative freedom, you just act as the script directs. You feel like it’s only work and it doesn’t bring you any joy. So, you really do need to chance upon a good script.

C: BYOL. LYN: For that drama, honestly, I was really… relaxed. Because I hadn’t shot any modern dramas before that, so my only requirement for myself was that I was real and relaxed. Tao-jie was a big factor, since for most of that drama she was the one opposite me. She’s really great, as you know, and led me well. With her, I could act however I wanted to. We added a lot of content- like teasing remarks. For example, the “What’s wrong? You’re screaming so loudly!” in the scene where she sees the two reptiles. I think she says something like, “Take those digusting things away” and I reply, “What “things”? These are my brothers. In English, they’re my homies.” We added a lot of things like that. We played around and were really relaxed. Of course, there’s are certain degrees to a scene so in the end it wasn’t added to the drama but the feel was still there. We were creating nonstop and fitting things together, with very realistic banter. There was a lot that we put together on scene. Sometimes it can be really interesting and meaningful. - (t/n: he slipped while talking and called it YNGS, but really it’s supposed to be BYOL.)

LYN: Sometimes I see people commenting on my acting, and I will also read those comments seriously and accept what they’re saying. If they have a point, it’s something I make sure to work on in the future. I acknowledge what they’re saying. I see the comments on my acting, and- /laughs/- it’s quite interesting. They talk about an actor’s facial expressions, our reactions. It’s like- - /Daimi starts barking/ LYN: Okay, I won’t talk about this. If there wasn’t such a big topic of public opinion, I really would like to share my thoughts about it with you. But if I say anything then there is also bound to be some unreasonable backlash. Honestly, I’m just chatting and I don’t try to speak with any motives. This is just my small and insignificant livestream.

LYN: I think it’s the medicine my staff ordered for me. (The reason why Daimi’s barking) LYN: Daimi. Come here. I’ll give you an opportunity to show your face on camera. Let’s prove that I’m not oppressing you. LYN: Come here. Give your Aunties and Uncles a New Year’s bow. LYN: We haven’t trimmed her fur lately so she’s looking a little haggard. She’s got stray hairs. She doesn’t have any schedules lately so she’s unkempt and there’s hair in front of her eyes, so you can’t really see them. LYN: Here, look here. To the front. LYN: She’s gotten fatter lately. I held her while going up the stairs and I think she’s gotten too fat. Fat and round, like a gas tank. I’m thinking of taking her to see YOLO (热辣滚烫). So she can see other’s determination and self-reflect. D: /barks/ (Don’t talk shit about me, dad.) LYN: Bark, bark. Why are you barking? Shush. LYN: Did you want to say something? Speak. What do you want to say? Speak. Didn’t you have something you wanted to say? Say it. I’m giving you mic, you can speak. Say something. Huh? /gets ignored/ Hey! Speak! LYN: Want. A. Sausage? (x2) LYN: Okay, forget it. I’ll let her go.

LYN: Okay, friends. It’s about time. I should stop streaming now. If you still haven’t subscribed to my weibo, please do so. If I wrap up early in the next few days I’ll stream for you again, okay? Thank you all for keeping me company and I hope you had a relaxing, happy, and wonderful night. It was great to have you, and I hope you had fun. Let’s meet again in the next stream. Goodnight, everybody!

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The Kwok scam only pits the ants

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