Chapter 70
: Warm-up Successfully Completed
Click~
The door to the room was pushed open, and Sophia, dressed in a long house dress, walked in carrying a plate of cut fruit.
After she came to Xia Ming's side, she placed the plate of fresh milk drizzled with moo moo and sweet fruit on the table, then wrapped her arms around his shoulders and gently pressed them against his back.
"How's the preparation going?"
"Everything went smoothly. Judging from the number of followers on my account, this live stream should be a good start."
"Do you need my help?"
As Sophia spoke, she reached out, picked up a piece of cantaloupe, and held it to Xia Ming's lips.
The latter put his finger in his mouth, sucked on it a couple of times, then pushed it out with his tongue, chewing as he replied:
"No need, Sophia. You've already worked hard enough. I'll have to trouble you with the farm while I'm away."
"Mmm, that's delicious. By the way, Sofia, would you like me to help you promote your wine?"
"Great! I happen to have a batch of unsold vintage wine from last year. You could try selling it, and use the money to buy some snacks for the kids, how about that?"
Sofia had no objection.
Now, her wines and berry liqueurs are mainly ordered by Olivia from the town; basically, 80 percent of her wines are bought up by this beautiful and generous lady every year.
Moreover, she offered a very generous price, which was 110% of the market price.
She usually aged the remaining bits and pieces or gave them as gifts to the residents of the town who had helped her. It wouldn't be a problem for Xia Ming to sell them.
They'll be family sooner or later anyway.
"Okay, is there anything you want to buy? I'll bring it back for you when I come back from Denki City."
"How are the clothes?"
What style do you want?
"You like the style I'm wearing~"
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Time flew by, just like when Dialga was elbowed away by Giratina, and soon five days had passed.
At this point, there are only seven days left until the cranberry harvest, and the large berries are beginning to grow rapidly and become plump.
Meanwhile, Xia Ming also rushed from the farm to Electric City. On the way, he checked the number of people who had made reservations for his live stream and the effect of that video.
PikaPika platform is a live streaming and video platform.
While it offers a more diversified live streaming experience, it falls short of the Megalodon battle platform in terms of competitive gameplay and the Oddish breeding platform in terms of breeding capabilities.
Xia Ming's pre-launch promotion five days ago achieved good results. After five days of fermentation, the video's views broke a new high of 370,000, with a total of 70,000 likes.
This success brought him 6,000 live stream reservations, proving that at least 6,000 people were interested in his highly rewarding live stream.
There is indeed an unspoken rule among Pokémon trainers that the losing side gives money to the winning side, but that usually happens in the wild. There is generally no such rule in designated battle zones in cities.
These reward-based battles are mostly part of events and small competitions, commonly known as "welfare battles" among trainers.
Many professional trainers are quite sensitive to this, and a significant number of trainers rely on these competitions and events to support their Pokémon's daily expenses.
In addition, Xia Ming's final reward was so generous.
Therefore, it's not surprising that Xia Ming's video views and likes have reached new highs; a lot of this is definitely due to the help provided by this type of trainer.
And the reality proved that Xia Ming seemed to have underestimated these trainers; their enthusiasm for the final reward exceeded Xia Ming's expectations.
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When Xia Ming arrived at the battle area outside Electric City, it was only seven o'clock in the morning, but at least a hundred trainers had already poured in!
Some of them are recent graduates, some are young people who have traveled for a year or two and plan to pursue a career as a trainer, some are young people who are unwilling to be ordinary, and some are middle-aged people who brought their children to join in the fun.
In other words, the arena for battles between experienced trainers is large enough so that the scene of over a hundred trainers and their Pokémon gathered outside doesn't feel crowded.
However, it is foreseeable that more trainers and Pokémon will arrive in the future.
"Yukichi Yukichi!"
So many people are calling Xia Ming!
"Roar~"
It feels like we'll never finish playing.
Larvitar is excited, but Duraludon already has a premonition that it will soon develop "battle aversion".
How could anyone possibly defeat all these Pokémon and Trainers?
Xia Ming was also caught off guard by so many trainers. He had expected that many people would come offline, but he did not expect so many!
After all, the airfare, accommodation, and meals alone are not a small amount, and they have to pay for all of these themselves.
"It seems we'll have to change the rules temporarily, otherwise we might not be able to finish a round even after five days."
Xia Ming muttered to himself, then slowed his pace and began to mentally formulate what he was going to say next.
Ten minutes later, Xia Ming, having figured out the new rules, led the two little ones and Miss Skirt, the most important person to ensure the safety of this trip, past the trainers and Pokémon waiting on the outer ring, and stood in the center of the battle arena.
"Look, it must be him, right? That farmer boy."
"It's finally here! I can't wait to fight him!"
"I don't even know if I can get a spot. There are as many trainers as there are Megalodons smelling blood... Sigh..."
"Bai Lu, Ashu, look! This is the guy! Watch me beat him to a pulp today!"
"Great, Fried Pig and I are ready to compete with him!"
The trainers around Xia Ming became excited as he entered the arena.
The prize money for this competition wasn't actually that generous; what many trainers really valued was Xia Ming's final promise: "Leadership-level Grass-type Pokémon move tutorial."
If not many people believed his words, the number of trainers who came today would have been at least three or four times higher.
"Miss Skirt, thank you for your help."
"Doli~"
Leave it to me.
The older lady in the skirt nodded, then clasped her hands together and began to sway slowly, a special wave of energy spreading outwards with her movements.
In an instant, the previously noisy battlefield fell silent.
The Pokémon and their trainers were soothed by this strange power, which brought them peace and tranquility, and the feeling of comfort made every cell in their bodies leap with joy.
It was precisely because of this incredible power that most of the trainers present widened their eyes.
This power, this scope.
Without a doubt, the girl in the skirt standing next to Xia Ming is a genuine Elite Four Pokémon!
In an instant, eager gazes burst forth in their eyes.
"OK, live stream started!"
Instead of immediately starting his speech, Xia Ming first took out the tripod, the live-streaming camera, and his phone, assembled them, and then turned on the live stream before shouting through the megaphone:
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am your farmer boy, Xia Ming. Before we officially begin our tree fruit challenge, I would like to sincerely apologize to you all."