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Wang Xiaobin thought about it for a moment. "Of course, we will not shirk from our duty if our sister department needs it."

"What's more, these client-side games would definitely bring more income to Shang Yang Games. That would be good for us as well."

"However... We have limited manpower. At the moment, we still have the development of 'Fitness Battle'. It's hard to guarantee the working period."

"When will this cell phone be released?"

Jiang Yuan said, "The cell phone news conference will be held in June for now. There are still three more months to go."

"If you have enough time, it would be best to release these mobile games at the same time as the cell phone is released. If you don't have enough time, we can only update them after the cell phone is released."

Wang Xiaobin roughly estimated the working period and the manpower on his side and said, "We don't have enough manpower. However, Tengda Games might be able to help us share some of the burden."

"The development of Mission and Choice should be in the later stages. Once this game is completed, they can spare the time to develop the mobile version of Ocean Stronghold. On the other hand, we should have no problem being in charge of the mobile version of The Lonely Desert Road."

"However, if these two games were to be made into mobile games, they would definitely have to be modified to a certain extent..."

Jiang Yuan was very happy. "I don't care about that. You're the professionals. You can decide how to modify them."

Wang Xiaobin nodded. "Alright, leave this to me. Don't worry."

After sending Jiang Yuan off, Wang Xiaobin began to think about how to turn these two games into mobile games.

Strictly speaking, Ocean Stronghold and The Lonely Desert Road were not particularly suitable for mobile games.

Ocean Stronghold would take up a lot of space as there was a lot of plot content in it. The few hours of driving time in The Lonely Desert Road was completely different from the fragmented time of mobile games.

After some consideration, Wang Xiaobin decided that he had to make some modification.

According to Tengda's habit all, client-side games had to be a dual-terminal game. For example, if players had already bought 888 yuan Red Kilin from Ocean Stronghold's client-side game, the mobile game would definitely have to be linked as well.

This had been Boss Pei's orders all along. He would not change it.

That would reduce a lot of income, but it would increase the stickiness of players and make it harder for them to lose players.

To gamers, they could play mobile games and relax when they were tired of client-side games. They could return to client-side games when they were tired of mobile games. Of course, whether it was GOG or Ocean Stronghold, as long as it was a game with competitive elements, the mobile games' matching system would be separate to ensure fairness.

At the same time, data interconnection could be used to better guide traffic when mobile games were released.

Many old gamers were used to playing client-side games. If the mobile version could not use their client-side game account, these old gamers would definitely not want to work on it again. However, after inheriting the client-side game's data, these old gamers would probably try it out when the mobile version was released. Some of them might even stay.

As for the income of the game... as long as the gamers stayed, would they have to worry about them not spending money?

Thus, Wang Xiaobin began to think about how to modify the two games under the premise that the client-side game and mobile game data were interconnected.

Apart from the most basic modifications, the gameplay also had to be slightly modified.

Ocean Stronghold had to cut off all story mode and only kept the PvP mode. At the same time, it had to compress the art resources appropriately. The game's capacity had been greatly reduced under the premise of ensuring that the cell phone's graphics quality was not too high.

The Lonely Desert Road, on the other hand, reduced the game's duration from eight hours to two hours. After all, two hours of playing with his cell phone was painful enough.

Then, he would make a few speed maps for The Lonely Desert Road. Each map would take about three to five minutes to allow players to race freely. Otherwise, most players would be sick of playing the game. No one would play it anymore. It would not be able to help Otto Technologies' cell phone.

After these two games were changed to mobile versions, they were still interconnected with client-side game data and would be free games. When Otto Technologies was released, it could tacitly acknowledge GOG and these two games, highlighting the special characteristics of Otto Technologies' cell phone.

Wang Xiaobin immediately began sorting out the design documents and arranging the development of these two mobile games.

...

...

February 27th, Monday...

Pei Qian had just arrived at his office to check on the various departments when Old Ma knocked on his door.

Ma Yang looked very happy. "Brother Qian, the website for Bunny Tail Live-Stream is almost done. The basic functions have been completed. We have also gone through repeated tests. We can post promotional videos soon!"

"However, we have only completed the basic functions for now. More details are still being done. What's more, there are no live-streamers for now, so there's not much content."

"Brother Qian, do you think we should upload the promotional video now or wait for some time to find a batch of streamers before we upload the promotional video?"

Pei Qian immediately said. "There's no time to lose. Let's publish it now!"

Pei Qian was very satisfied with the development speed of Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

The reason why it was developed faster was mainly because Bunny Tail Live-Stream was only doing basic functions at the moment. That was to ensure that the audience could see the streamer's image and record and playback. The other more complicated functions had not been developed yet.

What's more, there were not many live-streamers. That was because many people did not know that Tengda developed Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

How could there be live streamers without fame?

Other live-stream platforms would definitely have spent a huge sum of money to poach a batch of live-streamers over. Then, they would start to publicize and generate popularity. The live-stream website's Beta Testing would also be accompanied by many popular live-streamers. That would make it more popular.

However, Pei Qian had to do the opposite. He would do whatever would not generate popularity!

Bunny Tail's live-stream only had basic functions. There were not many live streamers and not many viewers. It did not matter. They had to start first.

At that time, everyone would see that the live-stream platform was so cold that it formed the impression that this live-stream platform was not good enough. It would be even more difficult to make a comeback in the future.

Thus, Pei Qian immediately decided to let Bunny Tail live-stream be released without any preparation!

Ma Yang did not feel that anything was amiss. He left Pei Qian's office happily and went back to urge Chen Yufeng to release the promotional video so that Bunny Tail Live-Stream would be officially debuted.

...

Pei Qian stood up and went to the resting area to get a can of Coca Cola. Then, he quietly refreshed Aili Island's website and waited patiently.

As expected, Old Ma immediately released the promotional video for Bunny Tail live-stream after he returned!

Pei Qian already knew about the contents of this promotional video. It was about 'two different lives'. Those who watched the live-stream wasted their time and achieved nothing. Those who did not watch the live-stream used this time to enrich themselves, improve themselves, and successfully reach the peak of the workforce.

This promotional video was Meng Chang's blood, sweat, and tears. Pei Qian trusted his ability very much.

The audience would definitely be agitated and then criticize Bunny Tail live-stream badly, right?

Pei Qian watched the entire video from beginning to end. Then, he quietly refreshed the comments section to see how the audience would react.

"What does this promotional video mean?!"

"Persuade us to cherish our time and not watch live-streams?"

"Isn't this a f*cking promotional video for a live-stream website? Are they defaming themselves?"

"...As a lazy university dog, I seem to see myself in this promotional video."

"Watching the live-stream in the dormitory is too realistic. It's so real that it's uncomfortable! I've reported it!"

"Who installed a surveillance camera in my place?"

"Aren't you trying to disgust us? We watch live-streams to rest and relax, but are now being labeled as 'wasting time'? Aren't other entertainment activities also wasting time?"

"Does this Bunny Tail Live-Stream want to make a splash in the news? To criticize all its peers? However, it is also a live-stream platform... Isn't this cursing itself?"

Obviously, the audiences were 30% angry and 70% confused.

The promotional video did not say it explicitly but it hinted that people who were addicted to live-streaming were lazy dogs. It would definitely agitate those who liked to watch live-streams.

However, most of the audience's attitude was not anger but confusion.

That was because the promotional video seemed to be telling the truth. If they spent too much time on live-streaming, they would waste his time and affect their studies or career.

However, the problem was why would a live-stream platform promote such things? This motive was really puzzling!

The first reaction of the audience was that this "Bunny Tail Live-Stream" wanted to make big news, generate popularity, and promote their live-stream platform.

Being scolded was also a type of popularity.

Everyone had seen the live-stream platforms' tricks too many times. They would do anything for the sake of popularity. Sometimes, being scolded was better than being ignored.

If their goal was to be scolded to gain popularity, then the best way to deal with it was to not give it any popularity.

Thus, this video was not very popular after it was released. Many people were also criticizing it, saying that Bunny Tail Live-Stream deliberately filmed such a sensational video in order to gain popularity. It looked ugly.

Pei Qian could not help but smile when he saw this.

Good, Meng Chang had some ability!

Not only did they not gain any popularity for Bunny Tail Live-Stream, they even got scolded. Well done!

...

At the same time, Meng Chang, who was preparing the E-Sports promotional video, saw the promotional video of Bunny Tail live-stream on Aili Island.

He looked as happy as Pei Qian.

The situation was great!

The promotional video this time was not very popular. Even if there were comments, they were basically cursing them. He would definitely get a huge commission according to his agreement with Boss Pei!

Meng Chang felt motivated at the thought of the commission. He could not wait to finish filming the E-Sports promotional video so that he could have a double celebration.

However, Meng Chang suddenly saw a new comment after scrolling through the comments section.

"Everyone, don't be in a hurry to criticize. We've misunderstood! Bunny Tail Live-Stream is not trying to ride on its popularity. This live-stream platform is completely different from other live-streams! Everyone, go to the website of Bunny Tail Live-Stream to understand more!"

Meng Chang looked a little lost when he saw this comment.

What was the meaning of this?

Why was Bunny Tail Live-stream completely different from other live-stream platforms?

Meng Chang vaguely felt that something was amiss. He quickly searched for "Bunny Tail Live-Stream", found the official website, and clicked on it.

After that, he saw a white-haired and energetic old man on the home page. He was using a very easy-to-understand way to teach ancient literature, including ancient poems and some basic knowledge of literature.

The backdrop was a bookshelf that took up an entire wall. There were all sorts of paintings hanging on the side. It was filled with an ancient charm. Obviously, it was the home of this old professor.

There were not many people in the live-stream, but Professor Kong Zhemin did not mind. He smiled and spoke tirelessly as if he was teaching a new student.

Chapter 911: Tricked by Pei Qian!

Meng Chang was stunned. He thought that the way he opened the Bunny Tail Live-Stream was wrong.

What the hell was happening?

Shouldn't the homepage be filled with a young lady in an open-necked outfit and hot pants dancing to thank everyone for their gift if he took reference from other live-stream home pages? Or at the very least, there should be a popular gaming live-streamer playing intensely, right?

In the end, an old professor was giving a lecture on the front page of Bunny Tail Live-Stream?

What the f*ck...?

Meng Chang fell into a daze for a moment, unable to figure out what was going on.

He looked at the bullet screen comments in Professor Kong Zhemin's live-stream.

"He's actually teaching?"

"This is a real big boss!"

"Professor, you're so good at explaining things. Even a flunkie like me can understand you."

"Don't send any random bullet screen comments. Listen carefully!"

"So Bunny Tail Live-stream is not just a live-stream platform, but also a learning platform?"

"I love it, I love it. As expected, the publicity for Bunny Tail Live-Stream came prepared. I was wondering why it attacked the entire live-stream industry!"

"Bunny Tail Live-Stream is completely different from the other sluts!"

Meng Chang's heart suddenly dropped as he read the comments. He had a bad feeling.

This is bad!

He had been tricked by Boss Pei!

Meng Chang was a smart person. He immediately understood what was going on after seeing the contents of the live-stream and connecting the feedback of the audience and the direction of the promotional video.

At the moment, Bunny Tail Live-Stream was in the testing phase and had just been released. There was not much publicity, so there were not many people. Pei Qian bought more than enough bandwidth in order to spend more money. Thus, the view was very smooth without any signs of being stuck.

Bunny Tail live-stream was not fake, so the popularity of each live-stream looked very poor. There were only a few thousand people in Professor Kong Zhemin's live-stream on the home page. The other live-streams had even fewer people. Some had only a single digit audience, while some had zero viewers.

However, at the same time, the atmosphere in the live-stream was very good.

The live-streams on the other live-stream platforms had a lot of bullet screen comments. They filled the entire screen. However, if one looked closely, they would realize that some of these bullet screen comments were fishing, some were arguing, some were replying automatically, and some were leading the battle...

The environment was foul.

However, the bullet screen environment in Bunny Tail Live-Stream was very good. That was because those who stayed behind were all interested in the content of Professor Kong Zhemin's speech. Most people would not have the thought of fishing or playing games when faced with such a respectable old professor. The bullet screen environment was naturally much better.

In other words, even though Bunny Tail live-stream had its unique advantage even though it was released in a hurry without many popular live-streamers and with bleak figures. The advantage was the content of the live-stream and the good bullet screen environment!

That way, the contents of the promotional video would be completely understandable.

On the surface, the promotional video for Bunny Tail Live-Stream showed that the entire live-stream industry had been AOE-ed. It secretly mocked that watching live-streams would waste time and one would not be able to learn anything. In the end, one would end up with nothing.

However, the deeper purpose of this promotional video was to highlight the difference between Bunny Tail Live-Stream and other live-stream platforms!

Watching live-streams on other live-stream platforms for a long time would indeed waste time and one would not be able to learn anything. That was because most of the content of live-streams were games and babes. To put it bluntly, it was purely for entertainment. Moderate viewing could relax one's body and mind, but one would definitely waste time if they were too engrossed in it.

However, Bunny Tail Live-Stream was different. It had very rich content.

Of course, the intensity of these courses would definitely not be comparable to proper studies in higher learning institutes. Most young lecturers and professors would choose the simplest knowledge to explain for ordinary people to understand. It would not be difficult to understand and naturally would not be particularly profound.

However, no matter how shallow the content was, it was still better than pure entertainment.

The audience could at least expand their knowledge after watching these were very basic content. It was beneficial.

Another important point was that everyone actually had a thirst for knowledge.

The reason why most people hated learning was mainly because learning in school was often accompanied by hard examination requirements. They often placed too much emphasis on the efficiency of learning and chose the most efficient but boring teaching method.

On the other hand, Professor Kong Zhemin's speech on Bunny Tail Live-Stream was more similar to Zhuzi Lecture or public lectures. The content was not that profound and obscure. He also paid great attention to the methodology of the lecture so that it would not arouse the disgust of the audience.

The popularity of many knowledge-based UP Masters on the Zhuzi Lecture and Aili Island website was enough to prove that ordinary people had a natural desire for knowledge.

What's more, teaching on a live-stream platform was already special enough. Some people would listen to it for a while out of curiosity and novelty even if they did not understand it.

Therefore the current situation.

Meng Chang was a smart person and quickly realized what was happening.

He was in a very bad situation!

The popularity of Bunny Tail's live-stream was not high based on the current statistics of the live-stream, but one could not look at pure statistics at a time like this!

The most successful thing on the first day of Bunny Tail live-stream was to leave an unique and special impression on everyone.

Through the promotional video and the content of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, it has successfully tied itself to the concept of 'Knowledge Live-Streaming Platform'. Many people subconsciously thought of various classes when they heard 'Bunny Tail Live-Stream'.

That way, they would be able to distinguish themselves from the other live-stream platforms. Their positionings were completely different!

Therefore, it would not be a problem even if Bunny Tail Live-Stream was not very popular, had pitiful data statistics and did not have enough content.

That was because it was already on a different track from other live-stream platforms. Naturally, there was no need to use the standards of other live-stream platforms to judge it!

"It's over, I've been tricked!"

"I've been tricked by Pei!"

Meng Chang was still hoping that this promotional video would give him a high commission. There was no chance of that happening from the looks of it!

This promotional video was too compatible with the content of Bunny Tail live-stream. On the surface, it was saying 'everyone should not watch live-streams, don't waste time watching live-streams', but in fact, it was hinting 'if everyone wants to watch live-streams, come to Bunny Tail live-stream. You can also gain some knowledge'!

Of course, this was definitely not Meng Chang's intention.

However, everyone would understand it that way judging from the current situation of Bunny Tail Live-stream. It was not his original intention but it didn't matter. His original intention had been completely distorted and misunderstood!

As for why this happened...

Was there a need to analyse?

Who else would have so much power apart from Boss Pei?

Meng Chang recalled the scene when he took this promotional video to Boss Pei. Boss Pei had agreed to it without any hesitation. He even accepted the promotional video without any suggestions.

At that time, Boss Pei seemed to be smiling.

Meng Chang did not know what that smile meant at first, but from the looks of it, Boss Pei's smile was obviously mocking him.

It was a smile that had everything planned out!

Meng Chang realized that Boss Pei had obviously seen through his little scheme. What shocked Meng Chang the most was how Boss Pei guessed his thoughts.

There were only two possibilities for such a situation to occur.

The first was that Boss Pei had already planned to turn Bunny Tail Live-Stream into an intellectual live-stream platform. He had predicted that Meng Chang would advertise this way. Everything was within Boss Pei's expectations.

The second was that Boss Pei did not have a very clear plan for the content of Bunny Tail's live-stream previously. He only saw Meng Chang's promotional video and counter-attacked. At the last minute, he decided to turn Bunny Tail's live-stream into an intellectual live-stream platform.

Both possibilities were very terrifying to Meng Chang!

Didn't this mean that he was really like Monkey Sun, thinking that he had run far enough but still could not escape from the palms of Buddha?

What was even more terrifying was that Meng Chang felt that the second possibility was very slim.

That was because live-streaming was obviously one of Tengda's core businesses. It could be linked to games, GPL, and other businesses under Tengda. According to Boss Pei's strategic character, Bunny Tail Live-stream was definitely a project that was highly valued and prepared for a long time.

How could such a project rely on improvisation to change its original direction and create an intellectual live-stream platform?

It was too childish and did not conform to Boss Pei's usual strategies.

Meng Chang felt that Boss Pei should not be so bored. He specially changed the entire business model and development direction of such a core live-stream business just so that he did not need to give himself a high commission.

Therefore, the first possibility would be higher!

Boss Pei had already thought of making Bunny Tail Live-Stream a unique knowledge-stream platform from the beginning. He also calculated that Meng Chang would create a "special" promotional video under the interest of the high commission.

In other words, everything was likely going according to Boss Pei's plan!

Meng Chang shuddered.

Losing this month's commission was a small matter, it was just tens of thousands of yuan. What about the future commissions?

Wouldn't he have to spend the rest of his life earning that pathetic base salary if Boss Pei had predicted every publicity plan of his and every response had the best publicity effect?

Would he really work for free under Boss Pei for ten years?

Meng Chang felt that he could not continue thinking about it. If he did, he might break down on the spot.

He closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, calming himself down.

"Calm down. Things are far from irreversible. Boss Pei has so much work to do. How can he focus all his energy on me? Even if he can plot against me once, can he plot against me every time?"

"There's still time. This is just a small setback."

"I'll succeed one day as long as I slowly figure out Tengda's situation. It's just reverse publicity. Is that really very difficult? I'm playing the simple mode. Boss Pei is playing the hell mode. I can't keep losing to him, right?"

Meng Chang quickly convinced himself and calmed down.

He had been frightened by Boss Pei's strategies previously. Now that he had calmed down and thought about it carefully, he could not expect this to happen every time he did publicity, right?

Meng Chang decided not to think about Bunny Tail live-stream anymore and focused on working on the E-Sports promotional video.

It was a bad start and he might not get a single cent in commission but there would still be room for redemption as long as the E-Sports promotional video was done!

Chapter 912: A False Alarm For The Other Live-Stream Platforms

At the same time, Pei Qian was also on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. His head was filled with question marks.

Who was this old man?

What was he talking about?

Oh, that's right. Yu Pingan seemed to have called previously and said that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was asking for people from Useful App. He wanted those young lecturers and scholars to conduct live-stream lectures on the Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

It was done so quickly?

This was way too efficient!

Pei Qian had thought that these young lecturers and scholars needed a month at least to prepare for the Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, there was no need to prepare at all. These people had already begun their lectures the moment Bunny Tail Live-Stream began!

Pei Qian would not have been surprised if these young lecturers and scholars were doing the live-stream. However, the next question made him very confused.

Why were there so many people watching?

This was a lecture. Why were there more and more people in the live-stream? Why were the bullet screen comments becoming more and more dense? There were even people giving gifts.

The audience seemed to be quite convinced looking at their reaction!

The popularity of the platform might be very low but the atmosphere of all the live-streams was very good. There were no arguments, fishing, and cursing bullet screen comments like the other live-stream platforms. The audience seemed to be very well-mannered.

The scariest thing was that even the promotional video had become positive!

Pei Qian immediately called Old Ma sensing that something was amiss.

"Hello? Brother Qian? How is it? The Bunny Tail Live-Stream isn't bad, right? Try giving a gift. They are carrots and vegetables. That carrot icon is too cute!"

Ma Yang's voice was filled with excitement. However, the point of focus seemed to have gone off track with Pei Qian.

Pei Qian did not answer him. Instead, he asked directly. "Who on earth thought of inviting these young lecturers and scholars to Bunny Tail Live-Stream?"

Ma Yang was confused. "Wasn't that your intention?"

Pei Qian: "?"

What the f*ck!

Since when did I have such intentions!

Pei Qian looked shocked. "When did I say that?"

Ma Yang explained, "Brother Qian, didn't you give me a promotional video previously? Wasn't the content of the promotional video hinting that Bunny Tail Live-Stream could be used not only as a pastime by the audience, but also to let them gain something from watching the live-stream?"

Pei Qian could not help but gape, not knowing how to answer.

It turned out that the promotional video had misled Old Ma!

In other words, the source of the blame was actually on Meng Chang?

However, this was obviously not Meng Chang's intention. He could only say that it was an accidental result.

Should he blame Old Ma or Meng Chang?

None seemed right.

Pei Qian felt a little helpless. This matter had nothing to do with anyone in the end. He could only say that it was a beautiful misunderstanding.

Pei Qian could only give up on this topic. After some thought, he asked, "Then... have you decided on the treatment of these young lecturers and scholars?"

Ma Yang immediately answered, "It's all set. Brother Qian, you don't have to worry. They will get a fixed salary as long as they ensure that the live-streams last for a long time. We'll give them a high share of the audience's gifts. The treatment will definitely be good! We've already signed the contract."

Pei Qian: "..."

This efficiency was really fast.

Pei Qian had wanted to ask if there was any way to salvage the situation. However, he had not expected the contract to be signed. Pei Qian thought about it carefully. Due to the spirit of a contract. It did not make sense for him to not let them continue with the broadcast now.

After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, "Alright, that's all for now. I'm hanging up."

Pei Qian did not expect these young lecturers and scholars to appear so quickly on Bunny Tail Live-Stream and with such good results even though he had forewarning!

If these people only came a week or even a month after Bunny Tail's live-stream officially started, then Bunny Tail's live-stream would not be popular anymore. Naturally, not many people would watch it, and it would not have any serious impact.

However, these people had coincidentally started to lecture when Bunny Tail's live-stream had just started. In particular, there was a big boss like Professor Kong Zhemin holding the fort. In an instant, everyone had labeled Bunny Tail's live-stream as a 'professional learning platform'. It could not be erased!

One careless move made a very far-reaching impact.

However, after some thought, Pei Qian realized that there was no better solution.

He could only say that the beginning of Bunny Tail's live-stream had exceeded his expectations. It had obtained a certain amount of attention and popularity through its differentiation from other live-stream platforms. However, could this popularity continue? Pei Qian felt that it probably would not.

Most of the viewers were probably looking for something new. After all, it was rare to have lectures on a live-stream platform.

Once these people's short attention span were over, they would definitely return to other live-stream platforms to watch gaming live-streams and beautiful women dancing.

At that thought, Pei Qian felt that while the opening of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was not going well, it was not to the point of no return. He had to continue observing before making a decision.

At the very least, Bunny Tail's live-stream was only popular at the moment and definitely not profitable.

That was because Bunny Tail's live-stream cost too much, including bandwidth fees, employee salary, salary for these young lecturers and scholars... In terms of income, there was only that little bit of gift money, and most of it had to be distributed to the live streamers.

Therefore, there should be no possibility of profits in the short term. There was no need to worry too much.

As for the culprit, Meng Chang...

Forget it, he probably did not feel good either. After all, he could forget about getting commission since Bunny Tail Live-Stream started on a good note. His promotional video played a huge part. .

Pei Qian also believed that Meng Chang was not trying to do this to him on purpose, so he did not have to call him to question him.

At that moment, Pei Qian's cell phone rang. It was Zhang Yuan.

Pei Qian: "Oh?"

He was a little surprised. What could happen to the E-Sports Industry?

The GPL competition was going smoothly at the moment. Could it be that there was news of Long Yu Corporation's ICL?

Pei Qian immediately picked up the phone.

"Boss Pei, I have something to report to you. The Vice-Presidents of several live-stream platforms have called me. They are a little nervous after knowing that Bunny Tail Live-Stream had been published. They want to ask if the GPL broadcasting rights we signed with them would be affected."

GPL broadcasting rights?

Pei Qian was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

At the moment, GPL's broadcasting rights had been sold to several other larger live-stream platforms. These platforms did not have exclusive broadcasting rights but all of them could broadcast GPLs. They would each broadcast their own, and would not affect each other.

However, the release of Bunny Tail's live-stream obviously sent a rather dangerous message to these live-stream platforms.

Industry insiders were well-informed and could obtain information that ordinary viewers could not. These people paid attentioned to Bunny Tail Live-Stream after realizing it was Boss Pei's business.

That was because the GPL's broadcast rights were ultimately in Boss Pei's hands!

If Boss Pei chose to break the contract, it would mean that only Bunny Tail Live-Stream could broadcast the GPL league...

Of course, that was unlikely.

However, don't forget that there were many live-streamers on these platforms broadcasting GOG and Tengda's games. After the GPL finished the Spring Competition, there was still the Summer Competition, the Global Invitational Competition, and next year's Spring Competition!

If Boss Pei was determined to retrieve all of the content and broadcast them exclusively on Bunny Tail, it would be a huge blow to all live-stream platforms.

Their content would be weakened unprecedentedly, and Bunny Tail's content would be directly tied to Tengda Games. Bunny Tail Live-Stream would be strengthened.

Of course, such unreasonable and overbearing methods would also hurt Tengda. After all, other live-stream platforms would also bring popularity to Tengda's games. They would ban other live-stream platforms from wanting to monopolize the game. That would also greatly reduce the popularity that they could actually obtain.

However, these live-stream platforms knew very well that Boss Pei had always been a maverick. That might not be the case.

Thus, they were all very nervous and could only call Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan could not answer either. He could only continue asking for instructions.

Pei Qian remained silent for a moment.

He was really tempted.

The GPL had already signed contracts with several live-streaming platforms. If they were to breach the contract... they would have to pay a huge penalty!

However, on further thought, he decided to forget about it. This sum of money was outside of his plan. Compared to the ten million yuan broadcasting contract, the breach of contract had to be at least three to five times higher. It would not be easy to fork out such a huge sum of money with all the expenses of the various industries already arranged.

What's more, Pei Qian did not want to fight for popularity with other live-stream platforms.

He had never thought of making Bunny Tail live-stream the industry leader of live-stream platforms. He only wanted to maintain a niche live-stream platform to burn money.

Since that was the case, there was even less of a need for GPL exclusive broadcasting rights.

Pei Qian would not do something as stupid as burning money in a hurry and accidentally burning all his competitors to death and earning more money.

At that thought, Pei Qian said, "Reply to them that Bunny Tail Live-Stream is going in a different direction from their platforms. It will not form a direct competition. Tell them to relax. GOG's and GPL's live-streaming rights will not be affected. They can continue doing what they have always done."

What Pei Qian said was true. "It would not form a direct competition" meant that Bunny Tail Live-Stream would be neither popular nor profitable. He only wanted to pay some bandwidth fees. Indeed, it would not form a competitive relationship with other live-stream platforms.

Zhang Yuan said, "Alright, Boss Pei. I'll reply to them now."

...

Guangzhou, ZZ Live-Stream Headquarters.

"Alright, Boss Zhang, I understand. Thank you!"

The company's Vice-President, Liu Liang, hung up on Zhang Yuan. At the same time, he heaved a sigh of relief and felt a little confused.

The earliest collaboration between ZZ Live-Stream and Tengda was traced back to last August's ZZ Cup Live-Stream. At that time, ZZ Live-Stream had just obtained a huge sum of money and was developing rapidly. It was working with DGE Club and other GOG clubs, creating a huge wave of popularity for its platform.

After that, ZZ Live-Stream successfully obtained live-stream rights of the international invitational tournament and the GPL Spring Competition from Tengda. Liu Liang and Zhang Yuan naturally established a good partnership.

Even so, Liu Liang's work had not been smooth recently.

At the moment, the live-stream industry was about to turn into a sea of red. After a huge influx of capital, veteran live-stream platforms like them were hit hard. Many new platforms would spend huge sums of money to poach live-streamers, engage in price wars, and even hire fake reviewers to defame and report other platforms. This made Liu Liang tired of dealing with them, and he was a little overwhelmed every day.

Thus, Liu Liang was shocked when he heard that Boss Pei had also created Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

It would be a huge impact if Boss Pei joined the live-stream platform battle!

Money was only one aspect. The key was that Tengda currently had a few popular games in its hands. If Tengda said that they would not allow other live-stream platforms to broadcast their own games, those live-stream platforms would have no choice but to comply obediently.

That was why Liu Liang called Zhang Yuan immediately to ask about Boss Pei's attitude.

Liu Liang could finally relax now that Zhang Yuan had called to reply that Boss Pei did not have the intention of 'killing a thousand enemies while sacrificing eight hundred'.

At the same time, Liu Liang had another question.

Boss Pei had personally said that the development of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was different from other live-stream platforms according to what Zhang Yuan had said over the phone. It did not form a direct competitive relationship. He told them not to worry.

There was a big problem now.

Why was Bunny Tail Live-Stream developing in a different from other live-stream platforms? Why did it not form a competitive relationship?

Everyone knew that Boss Pei was a business genius. He often did not cater to the users' needs, but knew how to create demand. He even saw the future development of certain industries.

Bunny Tail Live-Stream had a different direction of development compared to other live-stream platforms. Did that mean that Boss Pei was not optimistic about the current direction of development of the live-stream industry and had another opinion about the future of the industry?

This seemed to be a question worth studying!

Chapter 913: Live-Streaming Platforms Following Suit

Liu Liang was very sure that the other live-stream platforms would receive the same message at about the same time: Boss Pei would not form a direct competition with them through Bunny Tail Live-stream.

Liu Liang and these live-stream platforms were old rivals after all. They knew each other very well.

Based on Liu Liang's understanding of Boss Pei, these words were most likely true.

That was because Boss Pei had always been an open and aboveboard person. He focused on business and rarely lied to his competitors.

Of course, Boss Pei would sometimes mislead his competitors in terms of tactics. However, even then, he would not lie or lie. Instead, he would use a more brilliant method, such as choice of words and 'partial truths' to draw the opponent's attention elsewhere.

Liu Liang felt that the other live-stream platforms would probably relax after hearing Boss Pei's words and not pursue the matter further.

From the literal meaning, Bunny Tail Live-Stream seemed to be a knowledge-stream platform, similar to online classes.

If this was the model, it would be equivalent to paying for knowledge. For example, the first half of a professor's series would be free, and the second half would be chargeable. That way, as long as the audience was large enough, he would be able to obtain a good income.

Based on this train of thought, the main competitors for Bunny Tail Live-stream were some websites that sold public lectures and selling knowledge, not other live-stream platforms.

Liu Liang subconsciously thought so too.

However, after interacting with Zhang Yuan for a long time and hearing about Boss Pei's achievements, Liu Liang suddenly felt that his level was a little shallow.

All of this might seem very reasonable, but for Boss Pei's actions to seem reasonable in itself was the most unreasonable!

Everyone knew that Boss Pei would definitely do something unique when he first entered a new field. It was the same for takeaways, internet cafes, and gyms.

All of Boss Pei's business actions were unexpected but reasonable. In other words, his business behavior when he first entered this field was very puzzling. It was only after this model succeeded that people understood it.

On the other hand, Boss Pei's advancement into the live-stream platform this time did not achieve that shocking effect even though it looked unexpected on the surface.

Did this mean that... Boss Pei's true business model was still hidden under Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Bunny Tail Live-Stream's current situation was just a smokescreen?

The more Liu Liang thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss.

The other in-charges of the live-streaming platforms definitely did not think as much as he did. However, Liu Liang might have been under too much pressure at work and thought too much, finding meaning in nothing.

However, he could not stop thinking about it!

"If Boss Pei only wanted to create a knowledge payment platform, why did he have to create a live-stream model with the name 'XX Live-Stream'? He could have created a public lecture platform like other websites and made video compilation!"

"Boss Pei said that he would not form a direct competitive relationship with us. Then... does that mean that it would form an indirect competitive relationship?"

"Boss Pei must have been optimistic about the future of the live-stream platform before he decided to enter. Just creating a knowledge payment platform is definitely not his ultimate goal. Then, what is his ultimate goal?"

Liu Liang quickly opened Bunny Tail Live-Stream's website on his computer and studied it carefully.

The interface was very simple and the content of the live-stream was very simple. No matter how one looked at it, it was just a platform that had just started. There did not seem to be anything special about it.

Suddenly, Liu Liang noticed something different: The live-streams of all the live-streamers of Bunny Tail Live-stream were also their personal channels. In other words, their live-streams and videos seemed to be together as one!

These streamers might not have uploaded any videos on their personal channels, but they could imagine the future when these channels were filled with videos.

Obviously, Boss Pei's Bunny Tail live-stream was not just a live-stream platform. It was more like a combination of live-stream and video platforms!

Compared to traditional live-streaming platforms, Bunny Tail Live-stream had a lot of rich and simplified content. After screening, it could be watched repeatedly by the audience.

Compared to traditional video platforms, Bunny Tail's live-stream area was more concise. The push contents revolved around the live-stream content that viewers had seen. At the same time, it would be easier to increase the audience's stickiness if the host and UP Master's identities were combined.

On top of that, Tengda had a lot of resources on hand. Once the Bunny Tail live-stream was made popular, it might develop rapidly and snowball. It would have a huge impact on all live-stream platforms and even online video websites like Aili Island!

One had to know that Aili Island's website had only truly risen in fame during the past two years. Boss Pei had already created so many business opportunities. How could they not catch up?

Liu Liang could not help but feel enlightened. "This situation is more in line with Boss Pei's vision!"

"Could it be that the future development that Boss Pei sees is the integration of many mediums like live-stream platforms, video websites, and even short video platforms?"

"Is that why he entered the live-streaming circle?"

"At the same time, Boss Pei deliberately released fake news in order to appease live-stream platforms like us. He said that Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not form a direct competitiveness with us so that we would let our guards down."

"That's true, but only in the early and mid stages! Once Bunny Tail Live-Stream develops quickly and reaches a certain scale, it will definitely have a huge impact on all live-stream platforms and even video websites. At that time, even if Boss Pei doesn't intend to compete with us, we will definitely be in a bad situation!"

The more Liu Liang thought about it, the more panicked he became.

This idea seemed ridiculous but which of Boss Pei's previous actions were not ridiculous?

The more ridiculous it was, the more it seemed like something Boss Pei would do!

Liu Liang had been very troubled by the competition between ZZ Live-Stream and other live-stream platforms recently. His mentality was already very unstable. How could he not think too much now that Boss Pei suddenly interfered?

"What should we do? We can't just sit back and do nothing, right?"

"Hmm... How about we do the same!"

Liu Liang suddenly thought of an idea.

ZZ Live-Stream could do the same!

It was nothing more than using the existing live-stream platform as a foundation to make all the host spaces into their personal channels. Then, they would update the live-stream footage of the host on it!

This function should not be too troublesome to make.

The only problem was that not many people would watch the video. After all, most live-streams were more casual and not as concise as videos. The fun would plummet if they were recorded.

"Boss Pei must have considered this problem as well. What should Boss Pei do then..."

"Raise a group of people to do video editing for these streamers?"

"Yes, that's most likely the case!"

It would be unrealistic for the streamers to edit their own videos. After all, the streamers were busy with live-streams and did not have much time. Moreover, most of the streamers' editing skills were not good.

Artificial intelligence Automated editing? The technology had not developed to that level yet. It was unlikely that it would happen in his lifetime.

The only solution was to hire a group of people to help edit the videos.

However, this would involve a key problem: there were so many streamers. It would not be a small sum even if professional editing were only given to the key streamers. Each person would be given a salary of a few thousand yuan. Assuming that only 100 key streamers were given professional editing, it would cost hundreds of thousands of yuan per month. If they were given some performance awards, it would easily be millions of yuan.

They had to spend money to find talents with good editing skills if they wanted the effect to be good after all. Such talents had a wide range of paths to seek employment, and their salaries were generally not low. He could not hope to spend little money if he wanted to hire them.

However, after some consideration, Liu Liang felt that the money was worth it.

He would spend a million yuan every month to bet on the future.

What's more, it was the future that Boss Pei saw.

At that thought, Liu Liang immediately called his subordinates to his office.

"Develop a new function, quickly!"

...

...

February 28th, Tuesday...

Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

Ma Yang was in a good mood.

Bunny Tail's live-stream released a promotional video yesterday and it was officially released. Since it officially started airing yesterday, Bunny Tail's live-stream did not show any signs of lag nor disconnection. In addition, the bullet screen atmosphere was very good, so the viewing experience was very good.

Of course, there was nothing strange about this. After all, they had spent a huge sum of money to buy bandwidth. In fact, the number of viewers who had been directed in was far less than the website's capacity limit. It would be a miracle if they were able to lag.

Many live-streaming websites had made such a mistake before. They went online in a very popular manner. A few newly poached broadcasters started the live-stream at the same time, wanting to create the illusion that the website was very popular. However, they did not expect that there would be too many viewers and the bandwidth of the website would not be enough. In the end, they were all stuck and no one could watch any live-stream.

Thus, the audience that they had painstakingly gathered were driven away in anger. They even cursed before they left. The loss outweighed the gain.

On the other hand, Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not encounter such a problem at all.

It was not just the first day they were being published. They would probably not fill the bandwidth for a long time to come...

The popularity had obviously decreased even though there were still young scholars and lecturers live-streaming today. It was just as Pei Qian guessed. When the website was first published, many people were just watching for fun. After the popularity passed, a small portion of people thirsty for knowledge was left.

However, from today onwards, some freelance streamers had already joined in. That was because Bunny Tail Live-Stream had very loose restrictions on streamers. Many people saw a new live-stream platform and felt that this would be their chance. They would come over to try if the conditions allowed it.

Ma Yang had never looked at complicated data. To him, it was fine as long as the live-stream website was not lagging.

At that moment, Chen Yufeng walked over in a hurry.

"Boss Ma, I have something to report to you."

"I just received news from Waiwai Live-Stream that several websites seem to be working on new functions. They want to integrate live-streams and recording videos together, which is to copy the model of Bunny Tail Live-Stream!"

Ma Yang was stunned. "Er... and then?"

Chen Yufeng raised his eyebrows. "Of course, it's not good! These live-stream platforms have the first mover advantage. They control a large number of streamers and viewers. If they follow the operating mode of Bunny Tail Live-stream brainlessly, they will definitely severely squeeze our living space!"

Ma Yang finally understood and nodded. "I see. The situation is very serious according to you! What should we do?"

Chen Yufeng shook his head slightly. "This is not easy. There are no patents for similar models. Other live-stream platforms can do it if they want to. Why not... we ask Boss Pei!"

Ma Yang was a little unhappy. "Always asking Brother Qian for instructions, making us look like good-for-nothings. We can't solve any problems."

"Let's think of something first!"

Ma Yang and Chen Yufeng stared at each other for five minutes.

Ma Yang picked up his phone. "Forget it, I can't think of anything. I'll ask Brother Qian what to do."

Chapter 914: ICL Broadcasting Rights Price

"Huh? Other live-streaming websites are doing live-streaming and replay functions? They are also getting a special editing team to edit these videos?"

"What? They learned it from us?"

Pei Qian's head was filled with question marks and he looked confused after listening to Ma Yang and Chen Yufeng's report.

What the f*ck was going on!

According to Chen Yufeng, he had just received news from Waiwai Live-Stream that several larger live-stream platforms, including ZZ Live-Stream, were developing the recording, tapping, and replaying functions of the live-streamers. What's more, they were looking for special editing staff to edit the videos for the live-streamers and put them on the live-streamers' personal channel.

It had only been two days.

These live-stream platforms were at their most intense battles. They had planted spies within each other. As long as one live-stream platform thought of a new function, the other live-stream platforms would follow immediately. They did not want to fall behind in this money-burning war and lose the initiative.

Vice-President Liu Liang of ZZ Live-Stream wanted to keep it a secret but how could this matter like this be kept a secret? Developing a function involved a large number of low-level staff. It was extremely easy for other live-stream platforms to spy on news.

Thus, this message circled around and returned to Chen Yufeng.

Pei Qian repeatedly confirmed with Chen Yufeng before finally understanding that this function was done by Bunny Tail Live-Stream first.

What Chen Yufeng was struggling with now was how to deal with the other live-stream platforms copying the methods of Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

Pei Qian fell silent.

Find an editing team for the streamers, specialize in the broadcasting and replay function of videos... Who came up with such a creative idea?

Wasn't this nonsense?

The live-stream platforms in Pei Qian's memory did have similar functions, but none of them were very effective. It was a waste of effort.

That was because live-streams and videos were ultimately two different forms of entertainment.

Videos were like proper meals. All sorts of nutritional combinations and even positioning had to be done well. The higher the information density, the higher the audience's acceptance.

On the other hand, live-streams were more like snacks. Most people did not care about nutritional equilibrium as long as they did not stop talking. Live-streams were nothing more than dancing, playing games, and so on. The information density was very low. Most viewers wanted a sense of participation in interacting with the host in real time.

The difference between these two entertainment modes determined that it was very difficult to combine the two modes of video and live-stream. Once the live-stream lost its real-time attribute and became a video, its 'low value' attribute would be magnified rapidly and not many viewers would watch it.

That was because the audience watching the live-streams were there for the uncertainty. They would no longer be interested in the results that had been confirmed.

Even if he hired professionals to edit the video, the live-stream's information density was too low which would not be changed even if it was edited into a video. Unless it was edited from tens of hours of live-stream material for an essence of about ten minutes. Otherwise, the effect would still not be very good.

In other words, this model did not seem reliable in the first place!

This time, the other live-stream platforms had gone astray...

However, the fact that Chen Yufeng could think of such a wrong decision for Bunny Tail Live-Stream seemed to be encouraging!

How should he deal with this?

Pei Qian thought about it for a while. This matter was quite troubling.

Would they believe it if he told the other live-stream platforms the truth?

However, if he did not tell the other live-stream platforms the truth, it might cause them to waste money and manpower. On the other hand, if other live-stream platforms were attacked, they might give Bunny Tail a chance to live-stream. This was a huge hidden danger.

As for Bunny Tail Live-Stream, since they could not go down this path, they had to increase their efforts!

At that thought, Pei Qian replied. "This idea is not bad. We have to work harder on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. We have to spend money to find professional video editing staff. We have to make sure that all the streamers on Bunny Tail Live-Stream have an editor! We have to maximize our salaries and treat them according to Tengda's salary standards."

"As for the other live-stream platforms..."

"Tell them that only Bunny Tail live-streams can play this model. There's no need for them to join in the fun. It's meaningless apart from wasting time, money, and manpower."

Chen Yufeng was stunned. "Ah, Boss Pei, what if they don't listen?"

Pei Qian was stunned.

He had to admit that the possibility was very high.

The other live-stream platforms would definitely not believe it If Bunny Tail Live-Stream continued with this model but told them that this model was useless.

Pei Qian sighed. "Let them carry on if they don't believe me. I can't stop them if they have too much money and have nowhere to spend it."

I can convert my Personal Wealth by burning money. What would you get if you burn money?

However, Pei Qian could not say it out loud. He could only hope that these live-stream platforms would do well on their own.

Chen Yufeng quickly said, "Alright, Boss Pei, I understand!"

After hanging up, Chen Yufeng looked much more confident.

Ma Yang had been listening the entire time as well. His long face looked confused. "What does Brother Qian mean? Why is Bunny Tail live-stream the only one that can use this model? Is he lying to other websites or is he telling the truth?"

Chen Yufeng obviously read something from Boss Pei's words. His expression was filled with confidence. "Boss Pei's words are obviously 70% true and 30% false!"

"I heard that the other live-stream platforms were copying Bunny Tail Live-Stream's model just now, so I was a little anxious. Now, with Boss Pei's guidance, I suddenly understand!"

Ma Yang was still confused. "Huh? Understand what?"

Chen Yufeng explained, "Boss Ma, Boss Pei said that only Bunny Tail live-streams can play this mode. Why? That's because everyone's positioning is completely different!"

"At the moment, the content of the live-stream on Bunny Tail is all knowledge sharing. In other words, there is a lot of work to be done. For example, a certain big boss would give a lecture for an hour. The bulk of the message inside would be at least forty to fifty minutes. You just have to edit the essence of the forty to fifty minutes to ensure the information density."

"What about the content of the live-streams on other live-stream platforms? Games, singing, dancing, outdoors... It would be good enough if you could cut out fifteen minutes of essence in a four-hour live-stream. What's more, it's purely for entertainment. Not many people would watch it even if it was in essence."

"Especially when there are many ongoing live-streams in their own platform. Why would the audience watch the videos?"

"Therefore, Boss Pei's words contain both truth and lies.

"In a light sentence, if we can make other live-stream platforms give up on this mode, it would be equivalent to winning without fighting and eliminating a small hidden danger. If other live-stream platforms continue to be stubborn and not give up, we would also be invincible!"

"Of course, Bunny Tail Live-Stream will also have other types of live-streams in the future. However, our editing team will definitely focus on live-streams with high information density and sufficient content."

Ma Yang suddenly understood. "Oh... so that's what Brother Qian meant. But should we tell these to the other platforms?"

Chen Yufeng shook his head. "Of course not!"

"We'll just blurt it out and make it look like we're bluffing. Those who are scared will naturally give up. Those who are stubborn will continue to burn money. No matter what, we won't lose out."

"Boss Pei's positioning of Bunny Tail live-stream has already made us invincible at the beginning. That's because it's a mismatch with other live-stream platforms. Thus, their fight to the death has nothing to do with us!"

"I'll think of a way to release the information now. As for how the other live-stream platforms interpret it... that's up to them."

...

Guangzhou.

The Vice-President of ZZ Live-Stream, Liu Liang, was in the conference room discussing the design plan for the new function with the product manager and programmer when there was a knock on the door.

Liu Liang was stunned. "Come in."

An employee walked in quickly and whispered something into Liu Liang's ear.

Liu Liang looked at the employee in disbelief. "Really?"

The employee's attitude was very firm. "Absolutely."

Liu Liang was speechless for a moment. He looked at the design plan in his hand, then at the product manager and programmers in the conference room. He did not know what to say.

The ups and downs over the past two days were too rapid!

The appearance of Bunny Tail Live-Stream made Liu Liang feel as if he was facing a formidable enemy. Thus, he decided to develop a function similar to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It was not only to plan ahead and defend in advance, but also to gamble on the future.

However, after Liu Liang told his product team about this, all the other live-stream platforms found out about it after a night. They all planned to develop similar functions!

Liu Liang was speechless, but he had no choice. The competition between live-stream platforms was so crazy now. Whoever was one step slower might lose the initiative.

You copy me, I copy you. Everyone was using the same method. No one could laugh at each other.

Thus, Liu Liang urged the product manager to hurry up and come up with the design plan. Then, he had a meeting immediately. He wanted to set this function and start developing it quickly.

In the end, this employee came to report that Bunny Tail Live-Stream seemed to already know about this. However, Boss Pei said that only Bunny Tail Live-Stream could play this model well. There was no need for other live-stream platforms to join in the fun. Apart from wasting time, money, and manpower, there was no meaning!

Now, it was Liu Liang's turn to feel conflicted.

Was this real or fake news?

Liu Liang obviously hesitated, but after some consideration, he still said, "I don't care, let's make this function first!"

He had just called the product manager and programmer for a meeting, and now he was saying that he was not going to do this function. Where would Boss Liu put his face?

Boss Pei might have said that this function could only work on Bunny Tail Live-Stream, and that the other platforms would be wasting their efforts, but how could they know he was not bluffing? Perhaps he had released this news because he was afraid that other platforms would copy it?

Thus, Liu Liang decided to invest in this function first. What if the effect was good?

The employee who came to deliver the news nodded. "Alright, Boss Liu. One more thing. The bidding for the broadcast rights for ICL has already begun. The marketing department has been communicating with Long Yu Corporation for the past two days. They're asking for 11 million yuan..."

Liu Liang could not help but frown.

"11 million yuan?"

"GPL's broadcasting rights was only 12 million yuan!"

Liu Liang was a little unhappy when he heard the price. Was Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation taking him too seriously?

Indeed, GPL's broadcasting rights were sold at 12 million yuan, but how popular was GPL in China?

Most live-stream platforms were willing to spend so much money on broadcasting rights because they felt that it was more worth it to spend this money on GPL's popularity.

Why would ICL cost 11 million yuan?

There were very few IOI players on the local server. The popularity of the various competitions was not very high. The audience base was not on the same level.

The reason why the GPL could sell for such a high price was because the GPL's pre-season competition had been laid out and preheated for a long time. All the live-stream platforms could clearly see the popularity of this competition. They had only raised the price to this extent because of competition.

ICL was not as popular as the pre-season competitions. What's more, it was a new league. Who knew how popular it would be?

If he spent 11 million yuan to buy the broadcasting rights now, wouldn't it be a huge loss if the popularity was low and no one watched it?