The Ultimate Livestream Queen

Lin Sa, once a third-tier Hong Kong runway actress, writes a livestream schedule for heading north on a mirror with her lipstick on the night her contract is terminated. With every retreat burned, she has to build her own way forward. In a rundown Shenzhen loft, she brings together seven women: the icy finance chief Shen Bingqing, the streetwise supply-chain expert Huo Yan, the artsy planner Su Wan, the ambitious newcomer Tang Wei, the laid-back operations manager Mo Wen, the polished Hong Kong girl He Jiayi, and a socially anxious programming genius. Seven different kinds of blades, they become one another's edge and sheath in the livestream jungle. Faced with corporate giants hijacking her deals, opaque algorithms, and a flood of online abuse, Lin Sa never responds with tears. She sets up a live set in a warehouse during a torrential storm, searches for alternative ingredients in Yunnan's Nujiang, turns the tables at a Central business dinner with a "wine-toast coup," and hands the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's opening bell hammer to an elderly Lisu woman. From fallen actress to rule-maker, she and investigative journalist Jiang Chao go from rivals to lovers, weathering every storm side by side. This isn't a manual for selling products online; it's a declaration of war by women taking back control. "Queen isn't a title. It's a choice." The woman who once silently packed her suitcase backstage at a fashion show has already turned the world into her livestream studio. For readers who love the fast pace of TVB dramas, this novel is about seven women, seven ways of life, and one world of its own.