On an average day, she'll be woken around noon by clients asking her to game with them, which she'll continue to do until 2 or 3 in the morning, though she prefers to get to sleep earlier. The unpredictable flow of clients and competition from other companions means it's hard to give an estimate of her monthly salary. "If people don't click on my profile and buy time with me, I simply don't make any money," she tells me over the phone. Ye occasionally plays games alongside clients in person at internet cafés — her WeChat feed advertises in-person gaming for 188 yuan an hour, or 800 yuan for a day — but she does so rarely as there's limited demand in her city.