Chapter 729 - 341: The Two Sides of Heaven

Chapter 729: Chapter 341: The Two Sides of Heaven

The taxi smoothly stopped in front of a luxuriously designed modern hotel along Binhai Avenue.

Lin Yu’an didn’t linger too long at the reception and quickly completed the check-in process.

His room was on a high floor of the hotel, equipped with a spacious terrace directly facing the vast ocean.

Opening the floor-to-ceiling windows, the sea breeze rushed in, carrying just the right amount of humidity and temperature.

Below were the hotel’s exquisite pool and private beach, further out was a "white forest" made up of densely packed masts.

A massive yacht harbor, countless white sailboats and luxury yachts docked in the bay, gleaming under the sunlight, resembling a city-state of the sailing era.

He did not rest, taking out his phone and dialing the number of a local sailing school that Scooter had arranged for him well in advance.

This sailing school, famous throughout Fort Lauderdale and the entire South Florida, is renowned for its rigorous teaching and experienced captains.

"Blue Water Sailing Academy, this is Captain Mike, how can I assist you?" came a steady and resonant voice with a hint of a Florida accent from the other end of the line.

"Hello, Captain Mike," Lin Yu’an said fluently in English, "my name is Lin Yu’an, I am the student Mr. Scooter Braun made an appointment for."

"Aha! Lin! We’ve been expecting you!" Captain Mike’s voice instantly became enthusiastic, "Scooter said you’re the type to learn things as fast as a monster."

"Welcome to Fort Lauderdale, have you arrived at the hotel?"

"Yes, just arrived."

"Great, get some good rest after the long flight. We’ll meet tomorrow morning at eight o’clock at the school dock."

"I will send you the address and dock berth number later, are you ready for the best learning journey of your life?"

"Of course." Lin Yu’an’s voice was calm and firm.

Ending the call, Lin Yu’an admired the boundless blue outside the window for a while. Then he took a delicate gimbal and a phone dedicated for live streaming out of his luggage.

This was part of a new plan agreed upon with Scooter, the original domestic challenge project had been shelved for some reason, impacting the cooperating platforms TikTok and Tencent.

However, when Scooter proposed Lin Yu’an’s even crazier "Around the World from Scratch" plan, TikTok responded unexpectedly positively.

"Live streaming? You’re willing to start the livestream during the learning phase?" The head of the TikTok project department could hardly believe their ears, the surprise came too suddenly!

"Teacher Lin, fantastic! You should have streamed a long time ago, even if you were just sitting there chatting, the traffic could sustain half of our outdoor area!"

They almost tailored a brand-new S-level live streaming contract for Lin Yu’an at lightning speed, promising top-tier homepage traffic recommendations.

For the platform, an already deified Lin Yu’an is certainly a guarantee of top-level traffic, but somewhat distant from the average audience.

However, a legend in the making, with its unique sense of companionship, growth, and the process full of uncertainties, holds deadly allure to the audience.

This means stronger fan loyalty, more genuine interactions, and a super IP that can continuously ignite topics!

TikTok’s reaction speed was astonishing, in less than twenty-four hours, a brand-new S-level livestream contract was sent to Scooter’s inbox.

The contract not only had favorable conditions, but the platform also promised to mobilize resources for comprehensive preheating and promotion of Lin Yu’an’s "Sailing Logs" series streams.

At this moment, what Lin Yu’an needed to do was light this fuse.

He logged into his social accounts on TikTok and Douyin. These accounts had been dormant for quite a while since the last update.

But the private messages and comment sections behind the scenes were filled daily with messages from fans around the world inquiring about his situation in various languages.

Scooter’s team had long crafted Lin Yu’an into a global outdoor adventure star, with his fanbase on TikTok even larger than that on domestic Douyin.

He edited two short texts in both Chinese and English, with nearly identical content:

"At the top of the mountain lies a broader sea of stars. A new journey, see you in the live room at eight p.m. (Beijing time) tomorrow night."

The accompanying image was the same photo he casually took on the terrace with his phone, showing the yacht harbor bathed in the golden sunset.

Eight p.m. Beijing time is exactly eight a.m. local time in Florida.

This timing allows most of his domestic fans to view during the prime time of the evening while North American fans can witness his new journey at the start of their day.

As soon as the two posts were published, it was like dropping two deep-water bombs into the calm waters of the global internet.

The domestic and international fans, who had long set up special alerts, received notifications within seconds, with the news rapidly spreading through various social networks at a geometric rate.

The domestic fan circle exploded instantly:

"Whoa! God Lin updated! Finally, there’s news!"

"The big one is coming! The big one is really coming!"

"Tonight at eight! Awesome! Just in time to watch after evening study! Setting the alarm!"

"Stars and sea? What does that mean? Could the new project be related to the ocean?"

"Live stream? So sudden? Is Brother Lin finally going to venture into live commerce?"

While on overseas TikTok, the comment section was filled with exclamations in various languages:

"...What about December?! Please, tell me our favorite fluffy white overlord is okay!"