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Pei Qian suffered a huge blow on the way back.

He might have been prepared to make money from the broadcasting rights of the ICL league, but he did not expect to make so much money!

The money that he had spent was now sprinting back to him with interest. Who could stand that!

Pei Qian was considering where to spend this money.

At the moment, there was still a long time before settlement. It would not be too difficult to spend it. However, he had to consider it carefully in order to prevent the same sum of money from growing again.

Pei Qian's first thought was to spend the money on Bunny Tail live-stream based on the principle of 'whoever earns the money will spend it'.

However, on further thought, it did not seem to work.

That was because the places that live-streaming platforms could spend money on were actually very limited. They could hire more technicians and develop more functions. These actually did not cost much.

If he only spent a few million yuan after earning tens of millions, that would be a drop in the bucket. It would not quench his thirst at all.

The only places that could really spend a lot of money were things like buying copyrights and poaching big broadcasters.

However, this meant that the popularity and attention of Bunny Tail Live-Stream would increase again. The risk was too high!

Everything had been going smoothly for some reason ever since Bunny Tail's live-stream was released. ICL league and GPL league were in their hands. Bunny Tail's live-stream did not lack attention or popularity After the other live-stream platforms gave some huge gifts. The content on the platform was not too lacking either.

Under such circumstances, would he spend tens of millions to buy the broadcasting rights and poach popular live streamers?

It would probably cause a chain reaction.

Thus, Pei Qian decided that he could not spend the money on Bunny Tail Live-Stream after much consideration. It was too risky.

Bunny Tail Live-Stream was akin to a critically ill person at the moment. He had to observe for a while and make sure that he did not use any strong drugs. He had to slowly recuperate.

Where would it be safest to spend this money then?

Pei Qian thought about it and suddenly thought of a good direction.

Otto Technologies!

More accurately, he would spend it on Otto Technologies' laboratory so that they could research artificial intelligence.

Otto Technologies had AEEIS, and there were benefits to researching artificial intelligence technology. However, artificial intelligence technology should have had a breakthrough during the previous cycle!

It had been less than two months since the previous settlement. It was not appropriate for him to make another breakthrough, right?

What's more, the last technological breakthrough had been decided by the System. The System would not cheat him, right?

One could not fall at the same place twice, right?

That way, he could spend a lot of money to build a laboratory for artificial intelligence technology. He might be able to produce some small results and make AEEIS more useful. He might even trigger a small chain reaction...

However, as long as there were no more breakthroughs or leaps in artificial intelligence technology, these research funds would not have much returns.

Or rather, even if there were some returns, it would most likely not be during this cycle.

The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that it was appropriate. He said to Xiao Li, "Let's go to Otto Technologies first."

...

Half an hour later, Pei Qian arrived at the conference room of Otto Technologies and told Jiang Yuan about his thoughts.

Jiang Yuan's expression was blank. He could not react in time.

"Boss Pei, are you saying that you want to invest 40 million yuan to build another artificial intelligence laboratory for Otto Technologies? Do you want to directly poach a high-priced team to conduct research on artificial intelligence technology? Or acquire some ready-made companies?"

Pei Qian nodded. "That's right."

Jiang Yuan quickly said, "Boss Pei, please think twice!"

"At the moment, the best artificial intelligence technology in the country is Xunke Technologies, including AEEIS which is also using Xunke Technologies. They have been in the relevant fields for many years. The application for artificial intelligence technology could be said to be the result of accumulation."

"Even if we spend a huge sum of money to build an artificial intelligence laboratory and poach a ready-made technical team, we will only be developing on the existing foundation. It is unlikely that there will be any breakthrough in technology. We will optimize AEEIS's current situation at most."

"Under such circumstances, it's almost impossible to recover such a huge investment in research and development. The same amount of money would be much better spent elsewhere."

"The key is that the price-quality ratio is not high, and it is very unnecessary!"

Pei Qian could not help but chuckle.

Was the price-quality ratio not high? Was it unnecessary?

That's right, great minds think alike!

In fact, Pei Qian could have arranged for Jiang Yuan to do it without saying anything. However, Jiang Yuan had just taken over Chang You's job after all. He had only been in charge for a short while. Pei Qian was afraid that he would not be able to handle things well. Thus, he had to give Jiang Yuan a few reminders to strengthen his beliefs.

Pei Qian said meaningfully, "You're wrong!"

"We might be using the technology of the Xunke Technologies well now but it is not good to continue using other people's core technology."

"Look at our company's name, Otto Technologies. How can we not research and develop our own?"

"In the short term, the profits might not be huge, but in the long term, it is absolutely necessary to build a laboratory and develop independently."

"Our goal is to develop all the core technologies on our own and not be controlled by others!"

"What's more, artificial intelligence technology is the future. It's also related to many of Tengda's businesses. It doesn't matter how much money you invest in this direction!"

"You have to remember this in your work from now on. Sales are superficial. The core technology is real, understand?"

This impassioned speech made Jiang Yuan's blood boil.

"Understood, Boss Pei!"

"I was indeed short-sighted."

"I'll immediately make arrangements then. If I can poach a research team, I'll poach a research team. If I can directly invest or buy a research team, I'll do it. In short, I have to observe the specific situation."

Pei Qian nodded. "Yeah, just do it!"

...

Pei Qian came to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, intending to have a cup of coffee and rest after settling both matters.

The Bunny Tail Live-Stream had made Pei Qian feel a little tired. The saga had finally ended.

The broadcasting rights for the ICL league had been distributed. Long Yu Corporation would still continue to spend a lot of money to promote ICL league in the future, it was not a solo broadcast after all. Its popularity would be divided by other live-stream platforms. Bunny Tail Live-stream should be safe in the short term.

It was about time to see how the other industries were doing.

...

At the same time, the Vice Presidents of the various live-stream platforms had already returned to their respective companies and were preparing to broadcast ICL league.

These Vice Presidents had already spoken to their technical team when they were discussing the contract. They had been rushing to prepare the live-stream and various publicity materials for ICL league for the past two days.

Tomorrow would be Thursday, and there would be a popular focus battle at night. All these live-stream platforms requested their teams to work overtime so that they could arrange all the preparations for the live-stream before tomorrow night.

The competition on Friday was not very good after all. If they missed the popularity of this match, the next focal battle would be Saturday. They had missed a lot of popularity for nothing.

At the same time, Long Yu Corporation was also arranging for teams to be connected to various live-stream platforms. Both parties had to make the best use of their time to copy the function of Bunny Tail Live-Stream: to display real-time data during the competition.

These data were originally available in the backstage platform. However, they had to be retrieved in real time and displayed in a certain graph. The specific packaging had to be developed for a period of time before it could be completed.

However, there was no hurry. This season had just begun after all. A week earlier or a week later would not have much impact.

Zhao Xuming did not expect this function to bring much popularity to the ICL league. It was just a defensive measure.

Others would think that the ICL league was not professional enough if the GPL had it but the ICL did not. Thus, even if people would accuse them of plagiarism, this function had to be done.

The only small problem was that the live-streaming time of various live-stream platforms was actually slightly different. This greatly delayed the development process.

Bunny Tail's live-streaming had the fastest speed. It was thirty seconds faster than other live-stream platforms. Other platforms might also have a few seconds of delay in broadcasting the competition because of the internet delay, animation, and other problems.

However, it was very difficult for this data to change with the progress of each platform. That was because the official ICL league was only giving live-stream signals to the various platforms. The data in the game were all in their own backstage. It was difficult to match the time on both sides perfectly. It was more troublesome to do it.

For example, when a player took the head of a big shot, his economy would skyrocket by 1,000 yuan. However, the real-time data has not been updated yet. That would make him appear very stiff.

Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not have to consider this problem at all because only Bunny Tail Live-Stream had this function. There was no need to consider other platforms at all. It could be done with Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

However, it would be more troublesome for Zhao Xuming to make this function for all the platforms that were broadcasting the ICL league.

Zhao Xuming pondered for a moment. In fact, there were only two solutions: either ignore the time difference between the platforms and forcefully give them a discount, or spend a lot of effort to make this data follow the live-stream images of the platforms.

Zhao Xuming felt that he had to follow the latter after discussing with the technical team.

That was because Bunny Tail Live-Stream was 30 seconds different from other platforms. If they forced a compromise, 15 seconds would be enough to finish a relatively fast team battle. The equipment and economic data might not be changed in time. Instead, it would make this function look very amateurish.

Thus, he could only choose the second plan and spend more effort to develop this function so that the data would be consistent with the live-streams of various platforms.

That would slow down the development process. However, Zhao Xuming thought about it and felt that it was worth it.

Zhao Xuming heaved a sigh of relief after settling down.

After so many twists and turns, the ICL league was finally on the right track!

All the live-stream platforms were broadcasting it one after another. The popularity of the league was steadily increasing. Accumulate audiences and popularity for as long as they could do to publicize smoothly so that they would definitely be able to promote IOI's local server in the future!

It would be able to sound the horn for a full-scale counterattack when IOI's mobile game was released in the future!

Chapter 936: The Stalls: Episode One

March 15th, Thursday...

Pei Qian arrived at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. After breakfast, he sipped his coffee as he thought about the other businesses.

"Hmm... I feel like I haven't heard from the Cold-Faced Lady for some time."

"I wonder how things have been recently."

Pei Qian's impression of the Cold-Faced Lady was still from a month ago. At that time, Tengda's various physical industries had begun to enter Beijing. Pei Qian had specially opened a Fish-Catching Take-Out shop diagonally opposite the Cold-Faced Lady's shop.

The shop should have officially opened for business judging from the time passed.

In fact, the Cold-Faced Lady had always been Pei Qian's main focus. However, he had spent most of his time and energy on the Bunny Tail Live-Stream after all. What's more, Beijing was too far away from Jingzhou. He could not visit it often. Thus, his information was lagging behind.

However, Pei Qian did not panic. It had only been a month. There was no news about the Cold-Faced Lady on the internet.

If Meng Chang was still the boss of the Cold-Faced Lady, he would have to be more vigilant. Meng Chang was too good at causing trouble after all. However, Meng Chang was no longer in charge now. The Cold-Faced Lady's original employees should have lost their fighting spirit and slacking every day, right?

However, to be safe, Pei Qian used his cell phone to search for 'Cold-Faced Lady'.

A video that had just been posted on Aili Island last night suddenly appeared.

The Stalls: Episode One!

The keyword of this video was 'Cold-Faced Lady'. Moreover, it seemed to be quite popular on Aili Island. That was why it was searched out.

This video was so refreshing and out of place among the many articles that used the media to ride on the popularity of the Cold-Faced Lady.

Pei Qian was stunned.

What the hell was this?

He quickly clicked on the video.

There was an old city wall at the beginning of the video. The green bricks under the city wall were covered in moss. A misty rain was pattering down. It was getting late.

The pedestrians on the road were in a hurry, but there were many small shops on the streets and alleys of the ancient city. Even the drizzle could not extinguish the vigorous smoke and fire.

Accompanying the video was a steady male voice.

"Smoke and fire. It's the soy milk and fried dough sticks from the corner shop. It's the roasted sweet potatoes on the stove, the lamb skewers from the barbecue shop, the roasted cold noodles from the stall..."

"Food all around, placing oneself above the common populace."

"China's food culture has been around for a long time. Many night markets are famous throughout the country. Night markets are a gathering place for delicacies and a good place to set up stalls."

"There would be a hubbub of voices every night. The streets, alleys and the city wells are the most beloved environment for many people. Many people can only relax their tense nerves when surrounded by smoke and fire. Forget a day of fatigue, and release their emotions to their heart's content..."

This video was not short. It lasted about thirty minutes.

The film was shot in Chang'an. It was basically one part every ten minutes. The first part was a simple introduction of local cuisine in Chang'an and the more famous local delicacies. The second part was focused on a certain street. It mainly introduced some small shops and vendors with good flavors, introduced their life experiences and sad journey. The third part was introducing their exclusive delicacies.

The entire film highlighted a kind of smoke and fire. The scenes were all taken at night, when the market was at its most popular. All sorts of customers came and went. During the filming of delicacies, the slow-motion scene vividly displayed the color and fragrance of delicacies.

In the beginning, the tone of the video was relaxed. The diners on the stalls laughed heartily, infecting the audience. However, in the second part, when the content talked about the life experiences of the shop owners and vendors, it carried a little sadness. Finally, when it was time to show the delicacies, the suppressed emotions from before were finally released. The audience's emotions were pushed to the peak.

At the end of the video, a logo of the Cold-Faced Lady appeared on the black screen. There was a line of small words at the bottom: "Cold-Faced Lady's Gourmet Laboratory, brings you to taste the original local flavor!"

...

Pei Qian took a look. This video was released yesterday. It was now very popular and had more than a million views!

The dense bullet screen comments in the video showed how popular it was.

"I'm so hungry I'm crying!"

"I'm just a local in Chang'an. I didn't know that there were such delicacies..."

"Some famous shops are actually not delicious, but some nameless stalls on the streets are very delicious!"

"The production team is very considerate. This film is very sincere."

"They all look delicious. I must try them when I have the chance!"

"I had always thought that these vendors would definitely make a lot of money since their business was so popular. Now, I know that most of them only set up their stalls because they were forced by life. It is not easy."

"It's quite touching. Such a down-to-earth film is especially moving!"

"I'm craving for it, but I'm not in Chang'an. I can't eat it!"

"This is a documentary produced by the Cold-Faced Lady? What's the situation with the Cold-Faced Lady? Have they switched from having a restaurant to filming documentaries?"

"I remember that the Cold-Faced Lady used to be on hot searches every three days. After a few months of silence, I thought that it had already turned cold. I didn't expect them to release another documentary!"

"The Cold-Faced Lady now gives people a much better impression. I don't know if it's my own feeling or not."

"What does the last line mean?"

"I've checked. It seems like the Cold-Faced Lady is building a food laboratory. They want to search for delicacies from all over the country, poach people, buy recipes, and turn these local delicacies into food for the Cold-Faced Lady."

"Really? That's great. When will these new products be released? I'll be in Beijing. I'll definitely try them when I have the time!"

The netizens' attitudes were very positive. Even their attitude towards the cold-faced lady improved greatly!

There had been news that Tengda Corporation had taken over the Cold-Faced Lady recently; there had been no news of the Cold-Faced Lady since the Street Food Contest. It had gradually faded out of the public eye.

The popularity of the internet came and went quickly. Most netizens had goldfish memories.

Many people's impression of the cold-faced lady was still on "Meng Chang", "hot searches", and "disgusting roasted cold noodles". When they saw this video, their eyes lit up!

Strictly speaking, it was difficult to determine if this video was a promotional video or a documentary.

On one hand, it was to promote delicious food and the Cold-Faced Lady's Gourmet Laboratory. On the other hand, it was filming all sorts of details using documentaries. It gave people a strong sense of authenticity.

Delicacy had always been a topic that could easily accumulate popularity on video websites. Many UP Masters who had millions of fans had started their lives with food-related content.

Thus, this well-rehearsed and sincere video immediately became extremely popular and attracted widespread discussion!

The various details displayed in the video made people feel that it was realistic. Naturally, they had a better impression of the brand 'Cold-Faced Lady', which had already been partially cleared.

The video was indeed popular, but Pei Qian felt light-headed.

When was this video filmed?!

The video was posted using Fei Huang Workspace's official account. Obviously, Huang Sibo and the others were the ones who filmed the video.

More importantly, what was the Cold-Faced Lady's Gourmet Laboratory?

Pei Qian immediately felt a sense of danger.

He had suffered with the Gourmet Laboratory before!

Pei Qian also asked Rui Yuchen to build a food laboratory and develop new dishes regularly in order to allow Fish-Catching Take-Out to burn more money.

He had thought that Fish-Catching Take-Out's taste would not improve much. However, he had not expected that the Gourmet Laboratory would come up with many special dishes, including fitness meals, "food and harmony", and so on. It had made an indelible contribution to Fish-Catching Take-Out's profits!

A person should not fall at the same place twice.

The Cold-Faced Lady's Gourmet Laboratory was obviously similar to Fish-Catching Take-Out's Gourmet Laboratory. What's more, it was even more dangerous!

That was because the Fish-Catching Take-Out's Gourmet Laboratory basically relied on one's own research and development. There was a high chance of failure in developing new dishes.

However, the Cold-Faced Lady's Gourmet Laboratory was more special. It sent teams to search for delicacies all over the country. Once they found it, they would take videos to promote it. Then, they would poach people or buy recipes and copy them directly!

This was definitely much more efficient than doing their own research!

Most people were very convinced from the reaction of the bullet screen comments on the video.

The reason why Cold-Faced Lady was criticized was mainly because the taste was not good.

There was no need for the Cold-Faced Lady to completely reproduce the taste of the nation's specialties. There would definitely be many people who would eat it as long as there was an 80% similarity!

On the surface, this promotional video was promoting local food and culture. In fact, it was advertising Cold-Faced Lady!

Pei Qian suddenly felt a strong sense of danger.

Fish-Catching Take-Out's failure was still fresh in his mind. What if the Cold-Faced Lady made the same mistake again?!

Pei Qian felt a lump of blood in his throat, ready to spew out at any moment at the thought that the Cold-Faced Lady would open shops all over the country like Fish-Catching Take-Out.

"Calm down, calm down.

"Think about how to solve this Gourmet Laboratory."

"It's definitely not appropriate to ban it directly. There's no suitable reason at all. Perhaps... I can think of another way to turn the huge profits into small profits?"

"It would be a good idea to earn less even if I can't keep incurring losses!"

Pei Qian was not too worried about a single shop.

It was just like the nameless restaurant. There were limited customers even though it was very popular.

The profits it would generate would be limited as long as he could not open a chain restaurant and expand and replicate it without limit.

Unfortunately, the Cold-Faced Lady was a fast-food model. It could expand and replicate without limit. Once the new food products of the Gourmet Laboratory were successful and the Cold-Faced Lady's shop started to generate profits, a new branch would definitely be opened. There was no doubt about this.

Could he find a reason to interfere with the current model of the Cold-Faced Lady?

Pei Qian thought hard for a long time before his eyes lit up.

"Aha!"

"Break up the Cold-Faced Lady!"

"As long as we open a new project, let it and the Cold-Faced Lady restrict each other and snatch each other's resources, wouldn't we be able to perfectly limit the development of the Cold-Faced Lady?"

"Set up a 'snack market' in Jingzhou and poach all the vendors that the Cold-Faced Lady had worked so hard to poach over here so that they can continue to set up stalls."

"Give them the best setting and treatment."

"As long as the treatment here is better, they will naturally not follow the Cold-Faced Lady and develop new dishes blindly!"

"At that time, even if this snack bazaar becomes popular, it would not open a chain. The number of customers it can accommodate would also be very limited. The money earned would be completely within my control!"

Chapter 937: Many Spoiler Dogs In The ICL League!

This plan quickly formed in Pei Qian's mind.

The most precious thing in the Cold-Faced Lady's gourmet laboratory was actually the vendors around the country.

These vendors had been screened by countless customers. Each of them had one or two unique skills. As long as their unique skills became quantifiable standard assembly line operations, the Cold-Faced Lady would be able to continuously release new dishes and the shop would continue to expand.

However, what if Pei Qian used the 'snack market' to intercept these outstanding vendors?

He would give them better treatment so that they could set up their stalls in the snack market. No matter how good their business was, the money they earned would be within their control.

What's more, this method was completely reasonable.

Pei Qian could not suppress a certain department without any evidence. He could not do anything that was unreasonable. However, if he supported another department that earned less money and weakened the original department objectively, that would not be a problem.

That was because everyone would think that it was because Boss Pei had different focus and goals. They would not think that Boss Pei was deliberately causing trouble.

The more vendors the Cold-Faced Lady found, the more vendors the snack market would poach. This way, even if he could not completely stop the Cold-Faced Lady from earning money, it could at least delay the process of earning money.

Pei Qian felt that he could try this plan.

However, the question was, who would be in charge of this project?

Pei Qian thought about it carefully and felt that he had to dismantle the Cold-Faced Lady from the inside.

The person in charge of the Cold-Faced Lady now was Qi Yan. This person was originally Meng Chang's assistant and was in charge of advertising and marketing. She should not have much control over the Cold-Faced Lady.

The person most suitable to be in charge of the 'snack market' project was Qi Yan's direct subordinate.

That was because that person would not be able to see promotion opportunities with Qi Yan as his immediate superior. Once he became the person-in-charge of the "snack market" and was on the same level as Qi Yan, he would definitely think of all ways to achieve results and think of ways to weaken the Cold-Faced Lady.

Pei Qian immediately decided to make a trip to the company and look for the HR department to check on the current HR structure of the Cold-Faced Lady. He wanted to see who was the most suitable person to be in charge of the 'snack market'.

Of course, this matter could not be rushed.

The Cold-Faced Lady was still incurring losses after all. It would not be a matter of three to five days even if it could be profitable in the future.

Thus, Pei Qian had to study more about it. It would not be too late to decide on this personnel tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and assign him tasks.

...

4: 50 PM.

Shanghai, Wolf Fang live-stream headquarters.

Zhu Yan was in his Vice-President's office, waiting for the premiere of the ICL league live-stream at Wolf Fang live-stream.

News of the broadcasting rights distribution of the ICL league had spread throughout the internet yesterday and caused a heated discussion online.

Some netizens said that Boss Pei's plan was really smooth. Not only did he get the broadcasting rights for free, but he also made a huge profit from it. He was a money-making genius.

Some netizens also said that Boss Pei was obviously selling it too quickly. The ICL league's exclusive broadcast was a piece of fat meat. He could totally eat more.

Of course, netizens' discussions were all hearsay. They all originated from rumors and knew nothing about the details of the contract.

Most netizens' enthusiasm for this matter only lasted for a day before it gradually faded.

After all, it was good news that several live-streaming platforms had obtained broadcasting rights for the ICL league for most people. They could watch it on their favorite live-stream platforms.

The viewing experience of Bunny Tail's live-stream might not be bad, but many viewers had their own preferred live-stream platform after all. It would be uncomfortable to switch to Bunny Tail's live-stream.

Zhu Yan was very sure that Wolf Fang would definitely be able to gain some popularity after live-streaming the ICL league.

That was because many of Wolf Fang's old viewers had gone to Bunny Tail live-stream in order to watch the ICL league. Now that Wolf Fang's live-stream had the same content, why would they still go to the Bunny Tail live-stream? They could just watch Wolf Fang live-stream.

The viewers would definitely make Wolf's live-stream look better.

Soon, it was 5 PM. The ICL league's broadcast officially began!

Wolf Fang Live-Stream was the same as other live-stream platforms. The ICL league live-stream was 30 seconds slower than Bunny Tail.

Originally, there was a promotional page countdown before the competition began. However, it would easily be exposed if the countdown did not match the system's time. Therefore, Long Yu Corporation specially created a 30-second-long introduction.

They would first play the title introduction before entering the official live-stream once the competition officially began.

It might still be a little stiff but it should not be a problem to fool 90% of the audience.

Soon, the first round officially began!

Zhu Yan himself could not understand IOI's competition, but MOBA games were relatively easy to understand compared to games like FPS and chess. Killing, dismantling towers, pushing bases, the difference in power between the red and blue teams was clear at a glance. Even people who did not understand the game mechanism could roughly understand the fun.

Zhu Yan watched the competition while checking the popularity of the live-stream through the data platform.

The viewers in the live-stream saw two million viewers, but that was obviously fake. In reality, there were less than twenty thousand viewers.

Zhu Yan felt that this number was acceptable and was within his expectations.

Initially, the number of people watching the ICL league on Bunny Tail Live-Stream was only about 70,000 to 80,000. Now that they were scattered to six live-stream platforms, the number of people would definitely be severely diluted.

Of course, there were also some hardcore viewers on Wolf Fang's live-stream. Previously, they had not watched the ICL league because it was being broadcasted exclusively at Bunny Tail. Now, they realized that their own platform also had the ICL league. They would also come over to take a look. This crowd could not be underestimated.

However, it was only the first day after all. There would not be many people.

Zhu Yan was already very satisfied to have more than 20,000 viewers.

The bullet screen comments in the live-stream were very dense. There were more than 20,000 viewers after all. The bullet screen was filled with bullet screen comments. Coupled with the quick bullet screen comments and the robot's bullet screen comments, the entire live-stream looked very lively.

The popularity of two million yuan gave people the feeling that the ICL league was very popular.

Zhu Yan was very satisfied with this. It looked like he had bought the right broadcasting rights for the ICL league. It had an obvious effect on the popularity of Wolf Fang's live-streaming website!

However, he suddenly saw a few discordant bullet screen comments just as he was feeling pleased with himself.

"Holy sh*t! We're going to make a comeback!"

"We've lost this round!"

"I'm dying of laughter. This mid lane is too criminal, an iron war criminal!"

"Next, please take a good look at the exciting performance of this brother in the middle lane! He would not be able to do this without ten years of cerebral thrombosis!"

Zhu Yan was confused by the bullet screen comments.

What was going on?

Both sides were pulling and probing each other on the map on the live-stream. They were in a dilemma. There was no fight at all.

What did the bullet screen comments mean?

His doubts were quickly answered because the two teams suddenly broke out in the team battle. The heroes who were pulling at each other kept throwing their skills, and the situation on the field changed instantly!

One of the teams had already obtained a good economic advantage. However, in this team battle, the mid-laner hero of this team threw out a series of combo attacks in an extremely cool manner. All of them were thrown into the air, and none of them hit!

After this suffocating blind competition, the other party immediately seized the opportunity to counterattack. First, they killed the mid-laner with cerebral hemorrhage. Then, they took advantage of the victory to kill the three members of the other party. Then, they attacked the opponent's high ground in one go and destroyed the entire road. The situation on the field instantly took a 180-degree turn!

Now, Zhu Yan understood what the bullet screen comments were saying.

They were talking about the group battle that would happen in 30 seconds...

Of course, strictly speaking, this group battle had already happened. It was just that Wolf Fang's live-stream had been delayed by 30 seconds, which resulted in such a time difference.

These bored viewers had obviously opened the live-stream of Bunny Tail and Wolf Fang at the same time. When they saw that the team battle had started, they immediately ran over to spoil them!

After this group battle, the live-stream was filled with question marks.

"????"

"What do you mean, spoiler?"

"F*ck, why are you faster than me?"

"What's going on?"

"Spoiler dog, go to hell!"

Those gamers who had been spoiled like Zhu Yan were furious and sent these bullet screen comments.

This was equivalent to a certain university student watching the game with full concentration. The players on both sides kept passing the ball and pulling. Suddenly, there was a loud cheer from outside the dormitory!

After about ten seconds, he scored!

This kind of spoiler could make people who were watching the live-stream vomit blood.

The ICL league might be different from football, but the anger after being spoilt was definitely the same.

Most people liked to watch live-streams and not the records. That was because "what was happening in real time" was meaningful. "What had already happened" was not that meaningful.

Now, a perfectly good live-stream has been delayed for thirty seconds. How uncomfortable was that!

Of course, thirty seconds was not a big problem if he were to watch the competition. However, the key was that many people watching the live-stream could see their bullet screen comments!

The viewing experience would be completely ruined if they were spoilt by the bullet screen comments.

What's more, there were many people who were bored out of their minds. It was obviously a disgusting act, but they enjoyed it.

Some people would even open several live-stream platforms at the same time. When they saw a comeback on Bunny Tail live-stream, they would replicate the same words on several live-stream platforms, highlighting a person who harmed others without benefiting himself!

These people were crazy spoilers and affected the viewing experience of other audiences. Naturally, the other audiences would attack them together and criticize them.

Naturally, Wolf Fang Live-Stream's official platform was included in the criticism.

"What is this rubbish platform? Why is it slower than others?"

"They're already done with the first wave, why are you still here?"

"Hurry up! Jerk!"

Zhu Yan felt light-headed seeing the bullet screen filled with comments.

How could this be!

Previously, he had also bought some broadcasting rights, but he had never signed a condition like "delay the broadcast by 30 seconds". As this was the first time he had signed it, he did not think too much about it and felt that 30 seconds was not a big deal.

Now, he realized that it was not harmless at all! It was obviously very damaging!

The audience was about to rebel!

Zhu Yan watched as the number of viewers in the live-stream dropped from 27,000 to 23,000, and a huge number of people ran away.

Obviously, these people were annoyed by the spoilers and went to other platforms to find faster live-streams!

Zhu Yan was so angry that he almost fainted. Every time a live user left, it was as painful as cutting his flesh.

"Zhao Xuming, what a lousy idea!"

"So you're working with Boss Pei to plot against us?"

Zhu Yan was instantly enraged and threw all the blame onto Zhao Xuming.

After all, this was Zhao Xuming's suggestion. Naturally, he had to take the blame!

Previously, Zhao Xuming had conflicts with these live-stream platforms. It was not impossible for him to use this opportunity to deal with these live-stream platforms.

On further thought, Zhao Xuming and Boss Pei might have made an unspeakable deal!

Chapter 938: We Were Tricked By Zhao Xuming!

Zhu Yan immediately wanted to seek an explanation from Zhao Xuming.

The contract had been signed in black and white, there was still room for negotiation.

However, he had to deal with the problem with the live-stream platform before that.

Zhu Yan got his super admin subordinates to send a message. "Spoilers are strictly prohibited in the live-stream of the ICL league! Seal all spoilers for five hours!"

There was nothing that authority could solve. Then they could use some limitations!

Spoilers had a huge impact on the ICL league's viewing experience. Zhu Yan did not dare to let his guard down. He could only block the audience of these spoilers and try his best to ensure that most of the audience could watch the competition.

Otherwise, before this matter was resolved, someone would continue to expose that the live-stream of the ICL league wouldn't its popularity evaporate?

The supervisors received their orders one by one and began to kill in the live-stream of the ICL league. Soon, a string of banned red words floated up.

However, the popularity of the live-stream was still declining.

While most viewers' viewing experience was guaranteed by this stupid method, the problem was that most viewers already knew the fact that Wolf Fang live-stream was 30 seconds slower than Bunny Tail.

In the end, not everyone could ignore this delay.

What's more, the active viewers who were banned would definitely be very angry. Naturally, they would not continue to stay in Wolf Fang live-stream.

Thus, a group of people inevitably went to the Bunny Tail live-stream and became the hot topic of others.

Zhu Yan was furious. He immediately took out his cell phone and called Zhao Xuming.

...

At that moment, Zhao Xuming was in his office watching the ICL league on various platforms.

The other live-stream platforms were different from Bunny Tail Live-Streams. They were all fake figures, and their popularity was basically around two to three million yuan. Even though he knew that there were not many people in reality, such popularity still made Zhao Xuming very happy.

It was great that the ICL league could be distributed!

It would definitely be a good thing to nurture and expand the audience of the ICL league. with so many live-streaming platforms live-streaming together. Long Yu Corporation would definitely not lose out.

At that moment, his cell phone rang.

Zhao Xuming picked up immediately. "Hello? Boss Zhu, what's the matter?"

Zhu Yan sounded very unhappy. "Boss Zhao, you're not doing this right!"

Zhao Xuming was stunned. "What's the matter? Why aren't I doing things right? Boss Zhu, you're confusing me."

To Zhao Xuming, this was ridiculous. He had only been working with Wolf Fang live-stream on the ICL league recently. What was wrong with that?

He had been mediating and helping them obtain live-stream rights for the ICL league. They should be thanking him. Why were they blaming him?

Zhu Yan became even angrier seeing that Zhao Xuming was pretending to be stupid now. "Boss Zhao! Your suggestion of delaying the live-stream by 30 seconds has made us suffer! The audience realized the time difference between our live-stream and Bunny Tail's live-stream. All of them came to my live-stream to spoil it. It severely affected the live-stream's bullet screen environment. Many viewers are now running back to Bunny Tail's live-stream!"

"Isn't this impact serious?"

"Boss Zhao, we are the same as Bunny Tail Live-Stream. We are partners of Long Yu Corporation. You cannot favor one over the other!"

The value of the ICL league to Wolf Fang live-stream was mainly due to its popularity and the face of the platform for Zhu Yan.

There were not many people watching the ICL league in Wolf Fang live-stream. There would not be too many ballers giving gifts. They did not expect it to be profitable. However, this league could bring popularity to the entire platform and make the platform more competitive in terms of content. It could also recover blood through sponsorship and other methods.

Many live-streaming platforms were not making money now but they could increase their popularity as long as they could obtain endless financing and allow the entire company to continuously develop and grow.

However, Wolf Fang's live-streaming ICL league was losing its popularity. It was obviously worse than cutting his flesh.

Zhao Xuming was dumbfounded.

What has this got to do with me?

I gave a suggestion on the spot. Didn't you not raise any objections to this 30-second delay?

Why are you blaming it on me now!

What made Zhao Xuming the most speechless was that Zhu Yan even hinted that he was "favoring one over the other". In other words, he was helping Bunny Tail live-stream to plot against other live-stream platforms.

Zhao Xuming could not voice out his bitterness. Why the f*ck would he do that?!

Boss Pei is not related to me and we are competitors. Do you think I have nothing better to do than to help him plot against you!

However, it was useless for Zhao Xuming to explain now. That was because it would be easy for people to misunderstand if he tried to push the blame from the outcome.

Long Yu Corporation first sold the exclusive broadcasting rights to Bunny Tail live-stream and then took the lead to find other live-stream platforms to distribute the broadcasting rights. Finally, they took the initiative to propose a thirty-second delay...

He could only say that the blame was very unjust, but it was reasonable.

Zhao Xuming immediately said righteously, "Boss Zhu, there's no such thing!"

"At that time, when I suggested a thirty-second delay, it was mainly because Bunny Tail Live-Stream was slightly disadvantaged in the process of this transaction. I only suggested this in order to facilitate the transaction! Didn't you strongly object?"

"The contract has been signed, and you're pushing all the responsibility to me. Isn't that a little inappropriate?"

"In my opinion, Boss Zhu, since this conflict has already happened, we still have to think about how to solve this problem. How about this, I'll discuss with Boss Chen at Bunny Tail Live-Stream and see if we can cancel the thirty seconds delay..."

"Of course, if you want to change the details of the contract, you must make some concessions in other aspects. What's more, if Boss Chen doesn't agree, I can't do anything..."

Zhu Yan nodded. "That's the only way."

Both parties had already signed a contract after all. The penalty for breaking a contract like this was very scary. If they forcibly broke the contract, not only would they not be able to broadcast the ICL league, but they might also have to pay a huge sum of money in court.

Zhu Yan was filled with regret. He felt like he had been tricked!

Previously, he had thought that it was a trivial problem. Now, it was like a fishbone stuck in his throat.

If Boss Pei insisted on fulfilling the contract, Zhu Yan and Zhao Xuming would have no choice but to be helpless and furious.

...

At the same time, Pei Qian was still flipping through the information submitted by the HR department in his office, thinking about who should be the person-in-charge of this 'snack market'.

It was not easy to find someone who could complete his task accurately among the Cold-Faced Lady's many employees. He had to choose carefully.

However, after reading so much information, Pei Qian's goal was almost set.

Pei Qian looked at the time. It was already past five in the afternoon. It was time to knock off.

Thus, he stretched and prepared to leave.

"Right, many live-streaming platforms are going to start broadcasting the ICL league today, right?"

"If that's the case, the popularity of Bunny Tail Live-Stream should decrease, right?"

Pei Qian suddenly thought of this. Thus, he turned on Bunny Tail live-stream, wanting to see the number of people in the ICL league live-stream.

The number of people in the live-stream was all real data. Thus, there was no need to log in to the platform to see the real changes in the data.

Previously, the ICL league had around 80,000 people at its peak. Now, he hoped that this number could be halved. That shouldn't be a problem, right?

Pei Qian saw the number of people in the ICL league live-stream. Indeed, there were only about 60,000 people left.

Today was also a focus battle. Logically speaking, the number of people should continue to be around 80,000. The 20,000 that had fallen had obviously gone to other platforms.

It was only the first day. Many people in the ICL league still had the habit of watching the competition live from Bunny Tail. As time passed, more and more people would go to other platforms to watch the competition.

In other words, he might not even get 60,000 viewers in the future.

Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly.

It might not have met his highest expectations and the number of people did not half to 40,000 but it was still a cause for celebration!

The bullet screen comments were not affected at all but Pei Qian was still very happy to see the number of people in the live-stream decreasing.

However, just as Pei Qian saw a series of bullet screen comments just as he was about to turn off the live-stream . He suddenly felt that something was amiss.

"Eh, why does it seem to be much faster here?"

"Indeed, it is faster here!"

"It's really 30 seconds faster than the enemy platform?"

"I came from Wolf Fang's live-stream!"

"I came from ZZ Live-Stream!"

"Brothers from Waiwai Live-Stream, raise your hands!"

"Don't use the names of other platforms. Aren't you afraid of being banned by super admins?"

"It's alright. The super admins here are very tolerant. They won't ban us because of this."

"D*mn spoiler dog, they made me come here to watch the competition instead!"

Pei Qian suddenly had an ominous feeling when he saw the comments.

Then, something even more terrifying happened.

The number of viewers in the live-stream suddenly began to increase. The original 60,000-odd people kept rising every second at a rate of at least a few hundred to a thousand!

This was especially so after the exciting team battle. This change would be especially intense. One could even see thousands of people entering at the same time!

At the end of the first round, the number of people watching the ICL league live-stream by Bunny Tail successfully reached a peak.

91,377 people!

There were 10,000 more people than the previous peak period!

Pei Qian rubbed his eyes, thinking that he had seen wrongly.

He double-checked that it was indeed 90,000!

Obviously, the 90,000 viewers this time were caused by some viewers from other live-stream platforms who came to watch the competition.

There was actually a group of people who originally did not watch the ICL league.

However, the ICL league was distributed to all major live-stream platforms, all live-stream platforms were desperately advertising and directing traffic, attracting viewers who originally did not watch the ICL league.

However, during the viewing process, they were inexplicably disgusted by the spoiler dog. Thus, a portion of them came to Bunny Tail Live-Stream to watch the competition. In the end, it caused the number of people watching Bunny Tail live-stream to increase instead of decrease!

It could be said that the thirty seconds delay had objectively helped to absorb popularity from other live-stream platforms...

Previously, Chen Yufeng had already shown Pei Qian the contract. However, at that time, Pei Qian's focus had been on the exact amount of the contract and the other platforms that had given him money. He had not noticed this '30 seconds'.

It was only now that he suddenly realized that there was a huge problem with the 30-second clause!

Pei Qian could not help but slam the table, almost blurting out.

"F*ck! I've been tricked by Zhao Xuming!"

Chapter 939: Unofficial Commentary

Of course, Pei Qian knew that Zhao Xuming's suggestion was not to help Bunny Tail live-stream on purpose. However, it was objectively helping Bunny Tail live-stream absorb popularity from other platforms.

This was achieving bad results with good intentions!

However, the Vice Presidents of other live-stream platforms would probably find out about the problem of delaying it by 30 seconds soon, right?

Pei Qian's cell phone rang as he was thinking. It was Chen Yufeng.

He looked at the time and picked up the phone. "There's still more than ten minutes to the end of work. Hurry up and tell me."

Chen Yufeng was stunned for a moment. Then, he said, "Alright, Boss Pei. It's like this. Zhao Xuming called just now and wants to negotiate with us to cancel the thirty-second delay..."

"Zhao Xuming said that he would think of ways to give us some other benefits as compensation..."

Obviously, Zhao Xuming called Chen Yufeng immediately after he communicated with the Vice Presidents of several platforms and understood the seriousness of the problem in those 30 seconds.

He had no choice but to be anxious because most of the Vice Presidents of other platforms were burning with anxiety!

These spoiler parties are particularly tenacious. They could not be cleared even if the super admins were to block them one by one. There were always that two or three spoilers that could affect the watching experience of the entire live broadcast room, which made it very speechless.

What's more, it was not easy to set up blocked words. Who knew how they would spoil the story?

Thus, if the thirty-second delay did not change, a portion of the audience would definitely still come to Bunny Tail Live-Stream because of the viewing experience.

The Vice Presidents of the other platforms were very anxious and kept urging Zhao Xuming. Naturally, Zhao Xuming was also very anxious.

Chen Yufeng said, "Boss Pei, that's what I think."

"Let's argue with them for a week or two."

"Once the popularity has been mostly absorbed by Bunny Tail Live-Stream, many viewers who came to Bunny Tail Live-Stream would have already formed a habit. We'll discuss this matter with them."

"Or we could just reject them directly. We are following the contract strictly after all. Changing the contract is a favor, not changing it is a duty. They have nothing to say."

Pei Qian was instantly unhappy. According to Chen Yufeng, it would cause Bunny Tail Live-Stream to accumulate a lot of popularity!

However, Chen Yufeng's words were the best solution from the perspective of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It would be too stiff and unreasonable for Pei Qian to directly ask Chen Yufeng to cancel the 30-second clause.

He had to think about this from a different perspective.

Pei Qian asked, "Zhao Xuming wants to give us some other benefits as compensation. What is it exactly?"

Chen Yufeng said, "Zhao Xuming can give the unofficial commentator rights to Bunny Tail live-stream."

"To be more specific, apart from being able to broadcast the official live-stream, we can also organize our own people to commentate the competition, review the competition that has been completed and create various derivative programs."

"None of the other live-stream platforms have this privilege other than us. Consider it compensation for us."

Obviously, this was a reasonable compensation that Zhao Xuming could give him within his authority.

It would be hard to say how much money he would have to spend if he used money to solve this problem. What's more, Zhao Xuming could not possibly use Long Yu Corporation's money to fill the hole. He would not do that even if his brain was fried.

On the other hand, the right to commentate was not that important. It was only icing on the cake for Bunny Tail-Live Stream. If the other platforms only broadcasted the official commentary, the audience's viewing experience would be guaranteed as long as the time was the same.

Thus, Zhao Xuming gave both parties an acceptable condition within his authority.

Of course, from the perspective of Bunny Tail's live-stream, the thirty seconds delay was definitely better. If Chen Yufeng were to choose, he would definitely choose thirty seconds to delay.

This was a very pleasant surprise to Pei Qian. Zhao Xuming's suggestion gave him a very good way out!

Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, "Let's accept this condition and change the contract."

Chen Yufeng was stunned for a moment. "Huh? Boss Pei, even if we want to accept it, we should delay it for a few days so that the popularity can be converted..."

Pei Qian shook his head. "There's no need for that. It's convenient to be with others and convenient for yourself. There's no point in getting into a deadlock with Longyu Corporation and all the live-stream platforms for the sake of some popularity. It's better to take advantage of the situation and sell a favor."

"What's more, the non-official commentary rights are not bad."

Chen Yufeng felt that Boss Pei's attitude was rather firm. He could only nod and say, "Alright, Boss Pei. I'll give Zhao Xuming an answer now."

"However... The attitude over there is more urgent. They hope that it will be changed within this week. Can I apply for overtime just in case? Whether it's changing the contract or being an unofficial commentator, I might have to be a little busy this weekend."

Pei Qian pondered for a moment. "Alright, remember to collect overtime pay. Also, try not to work overtime if you can."

Chen Yufeng: "Alright, Boss Pei. I understand."

Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief after hanging up.

This Bunny Tail live-stream really gave him a little scare every now and then.

He would be making a loss this time if he used the unofficial commentator rights to change the thirty seconds delay, right?

After all, most people still had to watch the official commentary when watching the competition. There were some fans of the streamers who liked the unofficial commentary but it was still a minority group after all. It would not be too popular.

Pei Qian looked at his watch. It was time to knock off. The timing was perfect.

Thus, he packed his things and prepared to leave the office. At the same time, he wanted to see if anyone wanted to work overtime and chase them away.

He would settle the matters at the snack market tomorrow morning. This week would have the perfect ending!

...

On the other side, Chen Yufeng called Zhao Xuming to reply to this matter while it was still after work.

Zhao Xuming was elated, especially after hearing that Boss Pei was so generous.

At first, Zhao Xuming thought that he might have been tricked by Chen Yufeng and Boss Pei, the two sly old foxes. He took the blame for no reason. However, it looked like it was all a misunderstanding!

Boss Pei had no intention of tricking him. He had not thought it through well enough.

This way, Zhao Xuming actually felt a little bad. After all, anyone with discerning eyes could tell that using an unofficial commentary rights to exchange for 30 seconds of delay was a loss for Bunny Tail Live Broadcast.

However, Zhao Xuming did not have any other compensation that he could offer. He could only keep this in mind and think about it when the time was right.

Zhao Xuming quickly called the other live-stream platforms to tell them the good news.

The other Vice Presidents of other platforms, including Zhu Yan, were also very surprised by this result.

Boss Pei agreed so readily? He did not ask for too much?

Everyone felt that they would not have agreed so readily if they were in Boss Pei's shoes.

At the very least, he would have to drag it out for a week or two to earn some popularity, right?

At the same time, they felt that Boss Pei was unpredictable, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. The few black pots that Zhao Xuming was carrying on his back were finally removed.

Of course, Zhao Xuming also added fuel to the fire, emphasizing his important role in this discussion to the Vice Presidents of the various platforms.

The other Vice Presidents looked like they were thanking him profusely on the surface, but they were actually laughing in their hearts. There were only a few phone calls in total. What role could Zhao Xuming play? Did he really think that he was the reincarnation of Su Qin?

Boss Pei must have been magnanimous to give us face so that this matter could be resolved so smoothly!

Next, the various platforms had to make the best use of their time to change the contract. Then, once the unofficial commentary on Bunny Tail Live-Stream was more or less done, the thirty-second delay could be directly canceled.

What's more, since all live-stream platforms had the same broadcast time, the real-time data function that Long Yu Corporation was developing could be released as soon as possible.

...

It was time to knock off after calling Zhao Xuming. Chen Yufeng was preparing to go home.

He still subconsciously began to consider the ICL league's unofficial commentary even though he had knocked off.

"Boss Pei agreed readily. What's more, Boss Pei seems to think that the unofficial commentator rights are similar to the thirty-second delay?"

"It looks like Boss Pei is very interested in this unofficial commentary rights. All the more I have to prepare for it!"

In fact, there were many details that had not been finalized for the non-official commentary rights.

Take the live-stream for example. Should he use the official OB viewpoint or should he use his own OB viewpoint?

OB in the competition was a very professional job. The staff in charge of OB had to have a very high understanding of the game. They had to be able to see the various details that were happening in the competition and display them. Only then would the commentator be able to notice some details that the audience could not.

What's more, the person in charge of OB had to have a certain level of skill and technique. He had to divide the screen, move around on the screen, display more perspectives, and so on. Only an experienced person could be qualified.

Only by displaying all these details could the audience obtain the best viewing experience.

If he wanted to save time, he could only ask for a muted version of the official OB, and use two commentators for Bunny Tail live-stream. However, if he wanted to differentiate it, he could request to enter the official competition room directly to watch the competition and freely OB.

The latter might be more troublesome than the former, but he had given Zhao Xuming face this time. As long as he raised it, Zhao Xuming would definitely agree.

Chen Yufeng considered it for a moment. "Since we're going to do it, we have to do it to the best of our abilities."

"We might as well take care of everything from OB to commentary to post-match analysis."

"Hmm... this way, I'll have to ask for someone from the E-Sports Department. As for the commentator, FV Club might have a suitable candidate."

Tengda's E-Sports Industry Department was filled with talents. The GPL league had been held for so long and could be considered to have accumulated a lot of experience. It should not be a problem to get two professional OBs and a few staff members.

He would definitely have to find someone who had a deep understanding of IOI to do the commentating. The first team of FV Club had to compete, but it was not a bad idea to find two older, weaker, and eloquent commentators from Team Two or the coaches.

Apart from professional players analyzing the competition, he also had to find a professional field control from the GPL to guide the conversation between the two professional players so that it would not deviate.

Chen Yufeng made up his mind and decided to look for Zhang Yuan tomorrow. He wanted a few reliable people to be in charge of the unofficial commentary of ICL league. He would make a trip to FV Club this weekend to see if there were any good seedlings in Team Two who could be commentators.

Tomorrow would be Friday. There would be no focal battle. However, there would also be a highlight of ICL league on Saturday and Sunday. Chen Yufeng's goal was to arrange the unofficial commentary of ICL league before Sunday as much as possible. He wanted to release the unofficial commentary on Sunday's focal battle to test waters.