When the others heard this number, their brains went "buzz," crashing instantly and unable to process it.
The air was silent, with only Ron-sama standing calmly in place, no surprise on his face.
After all, it was the first live broadcast, and with Hancock's beauty, she could captivate anyone, regardless of gender or age, making it too easy to receive gifts.
This was even without Hancock doing anything; if she were to do something, the earnings would likely be far more than this.
Hancock also saw so much money for the first time.
Even though she had no concept of money, she still knew that five billion was an astronomical figure.
"Ron-sama… Ron-sama, there's actually so much money…" Hancock's voice trembled slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with shock.
Ron-sama smiled, "Take some out and improve the country's living conditions; that's your responsibility as Queen."
"Mmm-hmm~~" Hancock's pretty face was flushed, "Is Ron-sama caring about me~?"
Ron-sama: …
This is truly a love-struck brain!
Green Snake (Old Two) smiled as she looked at Elder Nyon, "Elder Nyon, how much money do we currently need to feed the country's citizens?"
"Hmm…" Elder Nyon thought for a moment, then held out two fingers, "Twenty million Belli would be enough, but if we want them to live better, we'll need even more."
"Only twenty million Belli? I'll give you two hundred million Belli!" Hancock then opened the TikTok backend for withdrawal, and after entering two hundred million, a small black vortex suddenly appeared below Hancock's phone.
Immediately following, bundles of banknotes tumbled out, stopping only when they formed a small mountain in front of the four of them.
"Hiss…" Elder Nyon gasped, looking at the small mountain of Belli in front of her in shock.
She was truly convinced; it turns out playing on a phone and watching videos really does make that much money!
Immediately, she looked at the three women and declared, "I misunderstood you all.
I never thought watching videos and live streaming could be so profitable.
It's all because my thinking was too old-fashioned; from now on, I won't interfere in your affairs."
With that, Elder Nyon directly pounced into the pile of money, looking at the banknotes, picking up a bundle to count, and even checking for authenticity, finding that all the money was real!
"Hahaha, from now on, the women of Amazon Lily won't have to go out to sea to be pirates; this is great!"
Seeing Elder Nyon's happy expression, the three women exchanged glances, each seeing joy in the other's eyes.
They knew in their hearts that all of this was thanks to Ron-sama.
The few of them walked together to Ron-sama and bowed respectfully.
"Ron-sama, you are truly the lucky star and benefactor of our Amazon Lily!" Green Snake (Old Two)'s voice was slightly choked, her eyes filled with gratitude.
"More than ten years ago, you saved our three sisters, and now you've saved our entire country!" Old Third Yellow Snake also said excitedly, her voice trembling slightly as she tried to control her emotions.
"You've also resolved our worries, allowing us to calculate that we don't even need to go out to sea to be pirates, nor risk our lives to fight for the right to live."
Elder Nyon also straightened her face, jumped out of the pile of money, and bowed earnestly to Ron-sama, thanking him, "Ron-sama, thank you so much."
"What are you all doing? Please get up." Ron-sama was flustered by them, a slightly embarrassed smile on his face, "We are all helping each other; there's no need to talk about thanks, it's too formal."
Then, he changed the subject, "That… uh… let's hurry and make the clothes.
It's best to promote the female workers' craftsmanship more and let more people join in."
"Later, find a contract factory, and you can take a commission from it.
Otherwise, with tens of millions of Belli in orders, who knows when they'll be finished."
Hearing Ron-sama say this, the few of them looked at each other, shaking their heads, indicating a bit of confusion.
They could understand the first part, but not the latter.
"Ron-sama, what's a contract factory? What's a commission? We don't understand any of it." Green Snake (Old Two) was full of confusion, a hint of bewilderment in her eyes.
"Yes, I don't understand either," Hancock also chimed in.
It involved their blind spots of knowledge again.
Ron-sama smiled slightly, then began to explain the professional knowledge in this area to them.
"A contract factory is very simple, it's…"
...
After Hancock's live broadcast ended, the entire trend on TikTok also shifted.
One out of every three videos featured a beautiful woman!
Cheongsams also became the main style of these videos, simply because they were the Empress's same-style cheongsams.
And they had mastered the traffic code; it seemed that as long as they wore a cheongsam, the likes would be high, and wearing the Empress's same-style cheongsam would cause traffic to skyrocket!
...
At this moment,
On a certain sea surface near Loguetown, a pink pirate ship was slowly sailing.
On board, Alvida, who had eaten the Slip-Slip Fruit, had transformed from a plump old woman into a slender and voluptuous beauty.
The sunlight spilled onto her, reflecting her confident and proud smile.
Suddenly, a scream sharply erupted from within the ship's cabin, startling Black Boc and Bepo, the two brothers who were cleaning the deck.
They suddenly looked up, exchanging a panicked glance.
"What's going on? What happened to Captain!" Black Boc asked loudly, his broom almost falling to the ground.
"I don't know, it seems like ever since she got that iron block, she hasn't been quite normal," Bepo replied softly, a hint of confusion in his eyes.
"It's that thing called a phone, right? That thing is really attractive; Captain Alvida plays with it from morning till night," Black Boc whispered, continuing.
"What's even more outrageous is that Captain Alvida keeps twisting and turning in front of that thing; it's too creepy!" Bepo couldn't help but shiver, as if recalling a previous scene.
As the two brothers were whispering, they suddenly saw Captain Alvida walk out wearing a pink cheongsam, a thick smile on her face, and her eyes full of pride.
"Hahaha, this is great! It wasn't in vain that I was among the first to place an order.
My vision is indeed the furthest-reaching in the entire sea!" Alvida looked at the cheongsam on her with satisfaction; it was the Empress's same style!
Without a doubt, she had placed the order last night after watching the live broadcast, much earlier than others, and she had foresight!
When cheongsams truly become popular, if others want to buy one, they'll have to wait until New Year's.
And she would be the first pirate to seize this wave of traffic!
"Hey, you two, come over here and hold my phone!" Alvida suddenly shouted.
The two brothers immediately stiffened upon hearing this, hurriedly scurrying over, holding the phone, and acting as a phone stand.
Then,
Alvida began to dance the "Shaking Sun," which she had just learned recently!
Although she had only learned it for a few minutes and hadn't grasped its essence, being beautiful was more effective than anything.
Most importantly, her figure was also excellent, instantly elevating the quality of her already not-so-good dance!
"Just three hundred more followers, and I can start live streaming, and there's also the yellow shopping cart.
What should I sell then?"
Alvida thought for a moment; she definitely had to sell something no one else had sold before.
Like clothes… no, those things were already monopolized by the Amazon Lily Kingdom; no one could outsell them.
Just then,
Her gaze fell on the cheongsam she was wearing, and an idea suddenly sparked: sell "second-hand" clothes, with the main selling point being that she had worn them!
Presumably, those old perverts would scramble to buy them!
She, Alvida, would definitely become famous!
And the official TikTok verified title, she must also get it!
"Hahaha, I need to gain followers quickly; I must be one step ahead of everyone else!"
Then, she looked at the two brothers and commanded, "You two, have you followed me on TikTok?"
"Huh?? Cap… Captain, what… what's a TikTok account?" The two brothers looked bewildered, completely unaware of what Captain Alvida was talking about.
"Hmm?" Alvida saw their confused expressions and then remembered they didn't even have phones.
She sighed inwardly, "What era is this? If you don't even have a phone, you're not worthy of being my subordinate.
I'll just buy them phones as a year-end bonus."
As soon as this thought appeared, she froze, her entire body trembling slightly with excitement as if struck by lightning, and a bold idea emerged!
Immediately, her heart was filled with wild joy!
That's right!
She was still short of over three hundred followers.
If she bought over three hundred phones for those without phones, and they followed her after registering, wouldn't that work?!
"Hiss…" She thought about it carefully; it seemed it really could work!
The TikTok producer never said she couldn't buy phones for others, did she!
Thinking this, Alvida stood at the bow of the ship and burst into laughter: "Go, go, go, let's head to Loguetown and buy you guys phones! One for each of you!"
"Buy phones?" The two brothers exchanged glances, a shiver running through them.
The Captain went crazy because she looked at a phone, so would they also…?
But disobeying the Captain's orders would lead to death, so the two looked at each other, their faces crestfallen, and shouted with a death-defying resolve: "Yes, Captain!"
"Depart, to buy phones!"
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