I conquered the cultivation world with scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Chapter 726 The Free and Unfettered Sect Didn't Pay

"Welcome everyone to the sect's autumn harvest press conference. The annual season for harvesting spiritual plants has arrived..."

A live stream with an official WeChat account suddenly emerged from a group of dance and entertainment live streams.

An ordinary live stream room, and an unremarkable account.

Most of the people who flood into the room each year are agricultural cultivators or cultivators who are related to agricultural cultivation, such as medical cultivators and medicine cultivators.

Yan Xi's voice was delicate as she spoke, while the leaders behind the scenes were arguing fiercely.

"Have you attracted enough investment this time?"

"The advertisers have already left. Our show only airs once a year, and it's a niche profession among cultivators, so we can't recruit anyone at all."

"Sigh, it's the same every year. The higher-ups don't care, and there's nothing we can do about it. We agricultural cultivators aren't like sword cultivators who can attract a crowd just by mentioning a name."

"If you don't handle this well, the number of viewers in the live stream will drop, and you'll be out of a job."

"Stop arguing. I told you there was a problem with the first stop. Why did you go to Lingyun Sect? Lingyun Sect has the best spiritual field development among the four major sects. They should have been the grand finale. But you went there directly. Of course, the audience dropout rate will be high. I don't understand what you were thinking."

"Team leader, excuse me for interrupting, but this opening isn't good; it's not grabbing the audience's attention from the start..."

"Stop, stop, stop! What are you interrupting for? Whose person is this? How dare an intern interrupt me?"

Amidst the noise in the backstage area, the live stream began.

With the Lingyun Sect and Xiaoyao Sect as gimmicks, the initial number of viewers in the live stream wasn't too dismal, with several hundred thousand people watching online.

Despite the pressure of live streaming, Yan Xi enthusiastically introduced the trump card product launched by Lingyun Sect this year.

Their program is called "Spiritual Plant Harvest Season," which was created by Nongxiu. It's similar to a spiritual plant launch event, and the main format is live streaming.

The program runs for several days, with a host arriving at the sect each day to conduct live broadcasts and interviews about the bountiful harvest of crops from the spiritual fields.

The program's broadcast provided planting guidance for many individual farmers.

The spiritual plant cultivation industry is not large, but it is profitable. In addition to the spiritual fields jointly cultivated by sects, there are also many private entrepreneurs who will investigate the advantageous directions of spiritual plant cultivation.

Coincidentally, the program hosted by Yan Xi has considerable commercial value and significance, which is why it is held every year.

Although the backstage management and the amateur crew are not much different, and they often quarrel due to disagreements, "Spiritual Plant Harvest Season" is still considered one of the top programs in the industry with a good reputation.

Lingyun Sect invested some money this time, and Nong Xiu immediately gave Yan Xi a meaningful look.

Yan Xi was led to the largest spirit field of Lingyun Sect. As soon as she entered, the cotton flowers in the spirit field were in full bloom, and the snow-white clouds were supported by brown branches, swaying in the wind.

This scene was shown in the live stream, and netizens immediately exclaimed in amazement.

I've never seen a spiritual plant like this before.

What a beautiful spiritual plant! I don't think I saw this kind of plant at Lingyun Sect last year. Is it a newly discovered one?

Only the four major sects, with their immense wealth, would acquire spirit fields within their sects; their maintenance value is extremely high.

That's right. Our sect mostly uses greenhouses for cultivation. We dare not let the spiritual soil come into direct contact with the land, for fear of contamination and all our hard work would be for nothing.

Still working for nothing, interesting.

Lingyun Sect is really extravagant. By the way, I need to check the level of the newly discovered spiritual plants this year. If they can be used to refine spiritual food, I'm going to plant some this year too.

Our show is pretty unpopular.

It's alright. With this many people still in the livestream, it's not exactly a flop; it's just considered an unpopular show.

It's finally airing! I thought it wouldn't be able to continue this year. It's been a staple of our show for so many years, so I hope it doesn't cancel!

Me too, I make a living from this show. Last year, I planted a batch of spirit herbs that the Blood Alliance cultivated, and later sold them to the Beast Taming Sect, making a fortune. My company, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, was even revived.

The white ones are flower buds, right? I just searched online and found that cotton is a spiritual plant that has existed for a long time, but people haven't discovered its uses, and I haven't seen many related papers. Also, if you say cotton is used to refine spiritual food, it doesn't seem like there are any recipes that mention it.

Don't be in such a hurry, listen to what the Lingyun Sect has to say.

Why isn't the Free and Unfettered Sect mentioned? I want to see their revived spiritual plant, the tomato.

What's so interesting about tomatoes? We can't get the seeds, and we can't grow them. They're all monopolized; they're not for us little shrimps.

The Free and Unfettered Sect is quite popular lately. I heard they have two plots of land in the Central Plains, and it's currently harvest season. I wonder how their spiritual plants are doing? I remember when they brought cameras into the sect to film the sect competition, the Free and Unfettered Mountain was basically all spiritual fields.

: ? ? ? Didn't you say that the maintenance cost of spirit fields was very high? Why are you saying now that the Free and Unfettered Sect has many spirit fields?

The scene transitions were very smooth, and I don't know if I was seeing things, but I definitely saw a lot of spirit fields.

I took a screenshot and wanted to show you. It really flashes very fast. I wonder if any cultivators recognize this kind of spiritual plant? It looks so unfamiliar.

I don't recognize it; it's probably just some ordinary medicinal herb.

I think so too.

[Lingyun Sect is now introducing the effects of spiritual plants. Everyone, get ready to take notes.]

While interviewing Lingyun Sect, Yan Xi instructed the director to zoom out to ensure the camera was included in the video frame.

"Cotton is a top-grade spiritual plant. It can be used to make tea or taken internally. It has the effect of clearing the mind and detoxifying. When refined into pills, it can calm the mind."

The agricultural cultivator from Lingyun Sect explained.

Yan Xi had no idea about its effects, but she responded enthusiastically.

Upon hearing that cotton was a top-grade spiritual plant, the viewers in the live stream quickly took notes. At this point, all the cultivators watching the live stream were quite attentive.

After the agricultural cultivators from Lingyun Sect finished their presentation, the cultivators, whose initiative was off the charts, were already considering how to buy spiritual plant seeds and begin planting.

The number of viewers in the live stream increased significantly after Lingyun Sect entered the scene. Later, when Lingyun Sect left and Yan Xi's camera focused on Hehuan Sect, some of the already small number of viewers were lost.

The spiritual plants grown at the Blood Alliance Agricultural Base are basically the same as last year. Although there were more viewers on screen, the live stream lost many viewers overall.

If even blood alliances act this way, the director certainly wouldn't dare switch the camera to smaller sects.

I'm afraid of losing even more traffic.

"Team leader, it seems like we're losing viewers in the live stream. What should we do?"

"Do you even need to tell me? What I need is a solution, not some vague suggestion like 'maybe'."

"But it was you who suggested putting Lingyun Sect first..."

"Stop, stop, stop. I don't want to hear this. I'm really disappointed in you. I hired you based on your university major. I hoped that you could work hard and grow quickly after joining. In our team, it's not just about doing things well. You need to have the ability to think systematically."

What is the value of what you are doing?

Have you built barriers to entry and formed a core competitive advantage?

What differentiates what you do from what others do?

Have you developed a set of reusable resources and methodologies from your experiences?

Why is it you who has to do it, and no one else can?

You need to have your own judgment, not just do what I tell you. I don't need a perfectly standard answer sheet; there's room for differentiation. Going forward, reflect on your thoughts in group meetings. I want to see your thinking, not just progress updates. Also, just a heads up, your output in our group is somewhat lacking. If this continues, I'd rather you leave than come here asking me what to do.”

"Yes, I understand, sir."

The intern director watched the people walk away and muttered a curse under his breath about loading cargo. He skillfully searched through various shots, thinking, "They really don't care about the animals, do they?"

The intern, somewhat resigned to his fate, suddenly noticed the cameramen waiting outside the Xiaoyao Sect.

The reason why there weren't many scenes featuring the Free and Unfettered Sect was simply because they didn't bribe anyone.

The director also knew that the program didn't have a high opinion of the Xiaoyao Sect at all. Although the Xiaoyao Sect had high-level spiritual plants such as revival plants, for the leaders above, whoever gave the most money was the master.

Their concern about the program's data is simply that a low completion rate will delay their revenue collection.

Over the years, watching the live streaming data decline little by little, they have complained and blamed, but never thought of improving it.

A resolute glint flashed in the intern's eyes. Since everyone was having a hard time, it was better to take a gamble than to swallow one's pride.

In his opinion, with the Xiaoyao Sect being so popular online, no amount of promotion is excessive.

Since the Xiaoyao Sect has the fewest shots, he can simply move the camera over there.

The intern was thinking.

Anyway, he'll quit after this job, it's no big deal. If he can annoy his boss, he's already won.

Thinking this, the intern immediately allowed the cultivators waiting outside the Xiaoyao Sect to enter.

The production team obtained permission from the cultivators and the Xiaoyao Sect long ago to film them.

Jiang He rushed back to Xiaoyao Mountain from Zhongzhou. She remembered that this program held considerable influence in the industry, and since their Xiaoyao Sect had a bumper harvest this time, it was a good opportunity to promote themselves.

The intern's sudden switch of the screen caught everyone off guard.

The viewers in the live stream were still a bit confused. They remembered that the spiritual plants from that sect hadn't even been introduced yet, so how did the show suddenly switch to the Xiaoyao Sect?

Meanwhile, the leaders behind the scenes are still negotiating with various sects to arrange a good order for them in this live broadcast.

Looking back, I realized that the live stream had somehow switched to the Xiaoyao Sect.

"Who cut the footage? Didn't they say the Free and Unfettered Sect was at the bottom? Fifty seconds of screen time would have been enough. Who did it?"

One leader flew into a rage, yelling at the intercom function of the personal terminal.

Meanwhile, intern Guan Xu had already set his personal computer to the "Do Not Disturb" mode and was watching the live stream.

Sure enough, after he switched screens, the number of viewers in the live stream gradually increased.