Chapter 1184: Chapter 1184

"Selling watermelons is nothing special, and he makes a killing with the business."

"If you ask how he made it big, it’s actually quite simple."

"My friend’s family has a large vegetable cellar. Every summer, they store the harvested watermelons there until winter and then sell them."

"This way, the price of watermelons naturally skyrockets by several times. Of course, he would never secret with anyone else."

"Once, a girl who was into him asked, ’So, what does your family do?’"

"This has to be rather intriguing, right? Otherwise, she wouldn’t be asking such a personal question."

"My friend is quite frank and told the girl straightforwardly that his family sells watermelons. What’s up with that!"

"What could be up with that? Answering is all about class, you know? At first, the girl thought my friend dressed decently and seemed respectable in public. But blurted out such a thing, isn’t that just telling people you’re a country bumpkin?"

"After that, needless to say, there was no ’after that’."

"Troubled by this, my friend came to me for advice, asking, ’Brother Changlin, what should I do about this situation?’"

"I told him you’re not broke, your family is doing well. So, you can’t just say you sell watermelons, that clearly won’t do."

"Doesn’t your family have a cellar? You store summer watermelons and sell them in winter to make more money, right?"

"My friend said, ’Yeah, but isn’t that still selling watermelons?’"

"I reminded him, ’From now on, don’t put it that way. If another girl asks you that, just tell her your family does futures trading.’"

Because he was starting off small, Li Changlin wanted to test the waters to see just how low the audience’s threshold for humor was.

And really, the bar for humor wasn’t set all that high.

As soon as Li Changlin finished speaking, many in the audience couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

"Damn, that actually works? Turning selling watermelons into futures trading, Li Changlin, you’re too awesome!"

"Pfft, I can’t help but laugh."

"That’s interesting."

"Brother Changlin, you’re amazing."

"Always supporting Brother Changlin."

"Go for it, Brother Changlin."

"Brother Changlin is mighty, Brother Changlin is domineering, Brother Changlin unites his brothers!"

The brothers were really supportive, and with various comments popping up, countless gifts began to rain down on the battle stage.

Li Changlin found that besides the brothers from his own camp, even members of the Ironclad Invincible’s faction were cheering and buddying up to him.

This discovery made Li Changlin overjoyed.

As for the Tianhai Legion and some other players who maliciously cursed at him, Li Changlin naturally chose to ignore them entirely.

Afterward, following the System’s prompt, Li Changlin stepped down from the podium, and then it was Ironclad Invincible’s turn to perform.

"I’ve underestimated you a bit." As they crossed paths, Ironclad Invincible hummed coldly.

Li Changlin took a deep look at him but said nothing. This Ironclad Invincible really thought he was something.

That’s fine. Since he’s come forward to oppose me, I’ll just have to wipe him out.

Some so-called supreme being? I’ll turn you into a joke!

Li Changlin made up his mind and naturally didn’t give Ironclad Invincible any attention at all, directly returning to his original spot.

As for Li Changlin’s disregard, Ironclad Invincible was of course furious, but that was absolutely of no use at all.

Once onstage again, Ironclad Invincible decided to act more prudently. He felt that Li Changlin was indeed somewhat capable, but that was just about it; he didn’t feel much pressure.

"A man who wants to buy a car needs 100,000 units. But the man only brought 99,998 units—just two units short from affording the car he loves."

"Suddenly, he noticed a beggar at the door, so he had a brainwave and hurried over to the beggar and said, ’Brother, I’m begging you for a favor.’"

"The beggar asked him, ’What do you need me for?’"

"The man said, ’I want to buy a car, and all I need is two units from you, please help me out.’"

"Upon hearing this, the beggar immediately generously fished out four one-unit bills and handed them to the man, while also saying, ’No problem, take it, and while you’re at it, buy one for me too.’"

This beggar is truly amazing, thinking that a car only costs two units each. It’s unclear whether he really doesn’t understand the industry or is just pretending to be cool. However, after hearing this joke, many in the audience couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

"Awesome, this beggar thinks big."

"Haha, expecting to buy a car for two units, such a dreamer!"

Naturally, Ironclad Invincible would not laugh. As a professional stand-up comedian, his expression remained as calm as ever.

Gazing calmly at the audience below, he continued, "In this world, there are two kinds of hardest-to-find affections."

"One is from a man who has always been known to only shed tears, yet for you, he would bleed."

"The other is from a man known only for shedding blood, yet for you, he would cry."

"If there are ladies in the audience who are fortunate enough to meet one of these two men, please cherish him."

"Many friends in the audience may not know my name yet, I am Ironclad Invincible, the supreme stand-up comedian from the Brother platform."

"Ever since I became famous, many old classmates and friends I hadn’t contacted for a long time have reconnected with me."

"Among them, a class belle from my high school days even sent me a text message."

"She said in the letter that she missed the days we spent together after not seeing each other for so long. She said she missed me."

"When I saw this message, actually, I was quite stunned."

"I really wanted to tell her two words, ’Too late!’"

Upon hearing this, many people simply couldn’t help bursting out laughing.

Damn, everyone thought Brother Ironclad was going to deliver something spectacular! But who knew he would just drop these two words—it’s a god-level plot twist for sure.

Many in the audience couldn’t contain their laughter, and there were even players sending messages in the chat channel asking Ironclad Invincible to introduce them to that class belle.

Actually, everyone knew that this was a story Ironclad Invincible fabricated, and the reason everyone laughed was simply for fun.

After Ironclad Invincible finished, Li Changlin took the stage again.

He noticed that Ironclad was quite skilled, but these skills were far from comparable to those of professional players on Earth.

While Ironclad Invincible was giving his speech just now, Li Changlin had taken the opportunity to read a lot more stand-up comedy and jokes, which gave him even more confidence in defeating Ironclad Invincible.

After getting onstage, Li Changlin began his performance.

He calmly looked at the audience and softly said, "Brothers, you all know that the achievements I, Li Changlin, have today are all earned step by step through hard struggle."