chsdbacks #200 - Why are they all leather suits? (2 in 1, please order)
#200 - Why are they all leather suits? (2 in 1, please order)
《Earthquake in the Live Streaming World! Liu Corporation's Strong Entry, Leopard Tooth Live Could Become the Next Juggernaut》
《Liu Corporation's Generous Move, Leopard Tooth Live Acquisition Shocks the Industry, Where Will the Market Go?》
《Acquisition of Live Streaming Giant Leopard Tooth Draws Reactions from Insiders and Outsiders Alike!》
Among these, the most surprising piece of news is—
《Douyu Platform's Rising Star—Candy Heart, Officially Announces Joining Leopard Tooth Platform》
The news content is as follows:
“Leopard Tooth Live (Stock Code: BYLIVE), today officially announced that the well-known streamer Candy Heart (stage name) has officially joined the platform and will fully participate in the transformation and operation of the Leopard Tooth Live platform.
Candy Heart, as a major internet celebrity in the live streaming world, has become Douyu's leading lady with her unique charm and professional qualities, known as the 'New Generation Sweetheart'.
Her joining marks an important step for Leopard Tooth in introducing fresh blood and enhancing user experience.
After joining Leopard Tooth, Candy Heart will hold an important position on the platform, responsible for traffic generation and live program planning.
Mr. Qian from Liu Corporation's Interactive Entertainment Division stated that Candy Heart's joining is an important step for Leopard Tooth in expanding its influence.
It is reported that before leaving Douyu, Candy Heart faced a record-breaking high contract breach penalty in the live streaming world, but Liu Corporation has already paid the penalty for Candy Heart.”
At this moment, Liu Lan in her office frowned slightly as she looked at the news.
“Is this… Candy Heart, worth us spending so much to poach her?”
Manager Qian patted his chest and vowed:
“President Liu, don't worry, Candy Heart's traffic in the live streaming world is currently very high. With her in charge of traffic generation and managing live streaming business, we will definitely be foolproof!”
Afterwards, taking advantage of the heated public opinion, Liu Corporation announced even more important news:
《Liu Corporation to Participate in the "Best New Star Live Platform Selection"》
This selection is organized by China National Television and aims to discover the most outstanding and promising live streaming platforms in the industry, setting new benchmarks for the industry.
The event will also reward live streaming platforms that excel in content innovation, user interaction, and technology application, providing users with a richer and more diverse entertainment experience.
The winning live streaming platform will become China National Television's annual strategic partner, sharing the broadcasting rights to many large-scale events and concerts.
In addition, the selection committee will provide generous bonuses and advertising resources to the winning platform.
It can be said that a platform that wins the title of "Annual Best New Star Live" is equivalent to winning the rookie king in the live streaming world.
Faced with Liu Corporation's strong entry and participation in the Best New Star selection, the internet widely stated that the outcome was already without suspense.
Many commentators in the investment circle published commentaries: "Liu Corporation's entry means that the commercialization process of live streaming platforms will be further accelerated. For investors, this is an excellent opportunity."
And fans who love watching live streams said: "Liu Corporation's entry gives us more choices. It's actually a good thing to have a bit of a 'catfish effect' in the live streaming world. It can't always be Douyu dominating."
Many internet celebrity big V's liked and forwarded this news, praising Liu Corporation's courage: "This will encourage other platforms to provide more opportunities for talented streamers and promote further development of the industry."
In short, the Liu Corporation, which is not short of money, naturally has its public relations work at the top level. In less than half a day, Liu Corporation has transformed into the savior of the live streaming industry.
……
The next day, the Candy sisters hesitated again and again, and invited Liu Mengyuan to the meeting room for a private chat.
After receiving the task of setting up a live streaming platform, these three girls perfectly interpreted what it means to be "a girl in a sedan chair for the first time."
In short, they were completely clueless.
At this time, Liu Mengyuan happened to be flipping through the news on her mobile phone and saw that Liu Corporation was about to enter the live streaming platform and participate in the annual live streaming new star selection.
Seeing this news, a hint of cunning flashed in the corner of Liu Mengyuan's eyes.
She closed her phone and asked softly:
“Has President Lu told you what the tone of our live streaming platform is?”
The Candy sisters looked at each other for a long time. The eldest sister recalled and said to Liu Mengyuan:
“President Lu doesn’t set any KPIs. He said that as long as we put together a usable platform, that’s fine.
Oh, right, President Lu also mentioned a requirement in the email, saying that we should try to make the audience who watch the live broadcast feel relaxed and comfortable.
President Lu said that after all, the live streaming platform is just a tool for recording life. The leisure of life itself is far more important than acting on the spot.
Moreover, President Lu did not set any development cycle or deadline for us, and even if the reason is reasonable, we can continue to add to the budget.”
Speaking of this, Cotton Candy also looked puzzled:
“In short, listening to the whole process, President Lu gives people the feeling that there is no need to be too serious about the live streaming platform, just do it casually.”
Liu Mengyuan instantly stretched out her finger and shook it:
“Wrong, completely wrong. If you understand it this way, then there is no doubt that you have completely misinterpreted President Lu’s meaning. Don’t forget, our President Lu is an old layered cake…”
The Candy sisters suddenly widened their beautiful eyes, looking eager for knowledge.
Although they often heard people say that President Lu was an old layered cake when they were working as the company's receptionist, they had never been able to figure out the reason. This time, they finally had a chance to get the answer to this question.
Liu Mengyuan analyzed:
“President Lu’s words can actually be analyzed from another perspective. Although President Lu said on the surface that it’s okay as long as it’s usable, he added that he wants users to be relaxed and comfortable. This shows that President Lu wants our live streaming platform to have a very good user experience, be easy to use, and be able to be enjoyed anytime, anywhere with a mobile phone.
President Lu’s so-called ‘usable’ actually means ‘simple and easy to use’.
In other words, it is not just a matter of making a platform to get the job done, but it is necessary to carefully consider the pain points and needs of the audience and streamers, so that everyone can enjoy the platform leisurely.
And to be able to develop manufacturers to this level, to some extent, requires market competition in the sense of involution.”
The eldest sister, Cotton Candy, seemed to understand something:
“President Liu, do you mean that President Lu’s words should be listened to in reverse?”
“That’s right!”
Liu Mengyuan showed a gratified expression, a promising child!
A mature Peach Garden employee should learn to understand the deep meaning of President Lu’s words. The words of the old layered cake can never have only the surface meaning.
Afterwards, several people chattered in the conference room and initially determined the design concept of the live streaming platform formed according to Lu Yu’s development hints.
First of all, all streamers on the platform are not forced to attend work, and streamers do not have fixed working hours to avoid overwork and ensure physical and mental health.
Every day, streamers can receive a basic salary after broadcasting for the minimum online time.
At the same time, the Peach Garden live streaming platform encourages streamers to broadcast in a leisurely scene. For example, the live broadcast room is arranged into an environment that looks comfortable and relaxing, as if on vacation, to convey a leisurely atmosphere. It also encourages streamers to share some slow-paced and relaxing daily routines, such as encouraging outdoor live broadcasts or home-cooked food and cute pet live broadcasts.
Of course, Liu Mengyuan felt that these were not the most ruthless things. If she only took out these things, she would not be able to form a competitive advantage with Liu Corporation.
So, she directly suggested:
“The platform cancels all so-called popularity rankings and other things, completely abolishes the ranking competition between streamers, and does not set up ranking lists to avoid streamers swiping votes to compete for rankings!
At the same time, it also cancels the co-streaming PK function between streamers and changes it to co-streaming cooperation. If the total gifts in the live broadcast room reach a certain amount, both parties can get rewards.
Moreover, the platform will take heavy action to strictly crack down on bad comments and open-box behaviors against streamers.”
The Candy sisters listened with bright eyes. They had also been streamers for two years after graduation. If they had encountered such a leisurely good platform at that time, they would never have broadcasted on Douyin.
Liu Mengyuan continued:
“Of course, in addition to reducing stress for streamers, the Peach Garden live streaming platform will also reduce stress for users.
Users can obtain virtual gifts that can be rewarded through tasks or irregular interactive activities, and these gifts are not just mosquito legs, but very considerable high-value gifts, which is equivalent to the platform directly subsidizing users.
As for the source of the gifts…
Liu Mengyuan thought again that Lu Yu had said to her before, “It’s better to have everyone happy than to have one person happy alone.” This shows that Lu Yu attaches great importance to the spirit of sharing and cooperation.
If we design a business model down this line of thought…
Liu Mengyuan’s eyes lit up:
“Got it! We can cooperate with external partners for commercial orders. For example, the gifts rewarded in the live broadcast room can be completely turned into the products of cooperative brand merchants!
For example, if a washing machine sponsors us, the reward gift is a washing machine, and if a car sponsors us, then the reward gift is a car!
If this is the case, every time the streamer thanks the audience for the gift, they have to say the name of the product, which is equivalent to the sponsor getting an exposure every time the user rewards, which is simply a win-win-win-win situation for merchants, platforms, streamers, and audiences!
It’s simply a win-win-win.”
The other business girls present admired her. As expected of the girl that President Lu valued, her understanding of President Lu’s business hints was simply perfect!
【Congratulations, the host’s repetitive practice has triggered the bottom line, and the “Business Model” skill has been upgraded to Lv2】
After some design, Liu Mengyuan was quite satisfied with her design, raised her legs on the chair with joy, and ordered:
“You can design the live streaming platform according to this idea. First, make a demo version, and then I will gather the people in the company who like to watch live broadcasts and let everyone evaluate it.”
After Liu Mengyuan issued instructions, the Candy sisters quickly used the recruited newcomers to start developing the website framework of the live streaming platform.
……
Three days later, the first version of the live streaming website demo was completed, and Li Hongmei and other project employees also checked the live trial on the fifth floor of the conference room.
Soon, the conference room was crowded with people.
Everyone was surprised to find that the design of the Candy sisters group actually had many bright spots. For example,
The entire website's interface design looks quite simple and easy to use. The information is presented intuitively, avoiding cumbersome and excessive pop-ups.
The website's color scheme also uses soft warm colors, and the interface also uses natural elements, such as plants, coastlines, etc. The website's background sound is also quite soothing, filled with birdsong and waves.
After entering the personal space, users can customize the background and music, and the personal center provides an intelligent search function, allowing users to easily find the live content they are interested in.
However, even with so many bright spots, Li Hongmei and other employees who participated in the experience in the company still had some faint worries in their hearts.
The reason is very simple. The "ranking" of the live streaming platform is actually a very important part. That is to say, the essence of fan ranking is the stimulating consumption of involution. If these things are removed, then the platform's revenue and monetization can only rely on advertising, and there may be considerable revenue pressure.
Finally, everyone sent this design plan to Lu Yu's email with trepidation.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yu directly replied to the email in seconds:
“Very good, just follow this design idea!”
“???????”
Li Hongmei and others were stunned. What's wrong with President Lu?
“You can just follow the results of the discussion in the conference room by the Candy sisters.”
After dismissing Li Hongmei, who looked puzzled, Lu Yu smiled slightly.
Did he know that this plan was unreliable?
Of course, I know!
But what he wanted was unreliable!
Otherwise, there are a lot of business girls in the company, and some of them have even worked in the live streaming industry before. Why should he reuse the Candy sisters?
With these three great geniuses here, the Peach Garden is probably just a runner-up in the annual Best New Star Platform selection.
Although Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan firmly approved and supported it, some other employees who were familiar with the business model were not optimistic about it and complained in their hearts:
“Completely cancel the rankings, and the way to reward gifts completely relies on external sponsorship. Can't we think of it, can't other platforms think of it?
Is there any possibility that this road is simply unworkable? If it is really done this way, it is estimated that it will be rubbed on the ground by the Liu Corporation.”
But the company's top leader and second-in-command firmly support it, what else can they say? I can only pray that the company will not get out of control under the two people's rampages…
……
Weekend.
The latest novel is first published on Liu Jiu Jiu Shu Ba!
When Lu Yu was resting at home, Liu Mengyuan pulled him together to continue wearing the cosplay costumes of Illya and Land Feather Demon, and use the account of "Little Yuanyuan and Little Feather" to play games live.
The two of them seemed to have completely failed in the cooking competition gameplay last time, and they were not reconciled. They were still constantly trying, and the result was getting more and more flustered.
“Where is the oven? Be careful not to burn the things! I Cao, there is not enough time.”
“It’s okay, I’ll save it!”
Duang~
The two flustered people bumped into each other again.
“Hey, the oven is smoking, save the fire!”
“Where is the bucket? Where is the bucket?”
“Isn’t it in your hand?”
The popularity of the barrage began to soar:
“Hahahaha, your performance is still so stable.”
“I came here from the Elizabeth cat's ghost animal video. Are these the two abstract anchors?”
“After all, two kinds of people can’t sleep on one bed.”
After playing island life together for a while, completing the daily tasks of harvesting crops, Liu Mengyuan stretched lazily and whispered into Lu Yu's ear:
"You stream for a bit longer to get today's attendance badge, and I'll go rest."
"Okay."
Lu Yu rolled his eyes. This was why he was determined not to join those overly competitive streaming platforms. The streamers had to complete various daily tasks every day, like clocking in for work. How tiring!
Lu Yu also stretched and opened his philosophy book in front of the camera, starting to appreciate it.
However, from the viewers' perspective, they couldn't see the doujinshi tightly tucked inside the book's cover.
The 20,000-viewer livestream watched Lu Yu staring at the philosophy book without moving. If he didn't occasionally turn a page, they would have thought it was just a background image.
"What the heck? 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'? This streamer's got something going on."
"People who can understand Nietzsche are not ordinary. I used to want to sleep during philosophy class."
"But why is he staring so intently, with a hint of passion in his eyes?"
"Maybe… there's beauty in the book?"
"Streamer, your Land Feather Demon cosplay is supposed to collect lewd little picture books. You're reading a serious book here. It doesn't fit the character."
After streaming like that for a while, the super administrator quickly warned: "Please don't slack off, streamer. Interact with the audience."
Lu Yu clicked his tongue inwardly. That's why he hated competitive platforms…
Helpless, he had to continue streaming "Battlefield 4" on his computer.
Soon, the game's Chinese dubbing was filled with various national essence phrases:
"Damn it, a sniper!"
"I'm hit!"
"Die, you stupid (beep)!"
…
Meanwhile, Liu Mengyuan was resting alone in the bedroom, with a pile of fruit platters on the small table next to her.
She had been watching Lu Yu's livestream the whole time. The audience was kept in the dark, but she knew very well what was inside Lu Yu's book.
"Heh, such a hypocrite."
The corners of Liu Mengyuan's mouth curved into a smile. She picked up a banana from the fruit platter, ready to peel it.
Suddenly, she noticed something strange!
Hmm… this technique of exploring the surface of the fruit with her slender jade fingers seemed familiar from the unhealthy little picture book she secretly hid under her pillow.
Thinking this way, Liu Mengyuan subconsciously recalled the gestures of the female characters in the picture book and began to slowly caress the surface of the fruit.
Her face grew redder and redder.
Soon, a system light screen popped up in front of her:
[Congratulations, Host's repeated practice has triggered a new guarantee. The 'Doting Wife' series skill book has learned a new skill.]
The moment she saw the system notification, Liu Mengyuan secretly thought something was wrong.
Crap, she had unconsciously become a female LSP again. This couldn't continue.
At this moment, the sounds of gunfire constantly coming from Lu Yu's Battlefield gameplay made her even more flustered.
Finally, she resigned herself and clicked on the system notification to check the increasingly indecent Doting Wife (Succubus) skill tree.
[Equipment Maintenance - Fingering Fragrance Lv1] Before a battle, maintain the target's combat equipment. Maintenance effect: Equipment size increased by 15%.
Liu Mengyuan's face instantly turned red to the roots of her ears. What the heck was equipment size increase!
Well, it must be a skill from the Battlefield game, that's right.
The girl patted her cheeks, trying to deceive herself.
…
Afterward, Liu Mengyuan finally managed to compose herself and rejoined the livestream.
During the livestream, Lu Yu noticed that other streamers would often visit other streamers' channels, so the two of them also started to check out other channels with the audience. Anyway, they were small streamers with few followers, so it didn't matter if they didn't know each other.
Soon, Lu Yu discovered a problem. There were a lot of virtual Vtubers (people in suits) in the current D station livestreaming area.
For example, in the livestream he was currently in, a pink-haired loli was jumping up and down:
"Follow Yongchu Taffy meow~"
"Follow Yongchu Taffy thank you meow~"
Lu Yu casually joked:
"Could we… maybe try being a Vtuber too?"
But soon, he laughed self-deprecatingly.
Forget it, the V-circle is too deep. He was afraid he couldn't handle it.
A female streamer named A-Z once sharply commented on the V-circle during a collaboration with Wang Fanqie:
"The circle isn't big, but there's a lot of crap."
As for their own livestreaming platform, they wouldn't even consider these features. After all, it was just a small platform for their own lazy streaming. Why put so much effort into it?
Moreover, what if they accidentally succeeded and caused the livestreaming website to expand in scale? That would be the end.
Although Lu Yu just mentioned it casually, the speaker didn't mean it, but the listener did.
Liu Mengyuan suddenly had a jolt!
How should she treat Lu Yu's words?
Listen to the opposite!
Lu Yu must be trying to imply development through these casual words!
Virtual streamer? Sure, in her previous life, this was also a very popular livestreaming trend.
Moreover, with the future development of AR, VR, and other virtual reality technologies, virtual idols might become more and more popular.
As expected of the old thousand-layer cake, so forward-thinking!
Combining some of her previous life's experience, Liu Mengyuan's mind was instantly filled with a large number of design proposals:
First of all, she wanted to customize an exclusive virtual streamer similar to a mascot for the Peach Garden Township's livestreaming platform. She shouldn't have any problems with the art design, thanks to the art talents she unlocked in the system store.
In terms of modeling, the Peach Garden Township's virtual idol would have a more realistic and attractive appearance, as well as special actions and expressions.
Then, she would choose someone from the company to be the person in the suit.
Just as she was planning this, Liu Mengyuan saw Lu Yu's serious livestreaming back and suddenly had another jolt!
Wait!
If it was Lu Yu, would he be satisfied with just this step?
After all, this man could always say "If you're going to do it, do it to the extreme".
In the world line before her rebirth, Mi Leyou had already created Lu Ming, so why shouldn't she take a shortcut and take Mi Leyou's path in advance?
Liu Mengyuan was excited and began to calculate:
The Peach Garden Township's mascot virtual idol would be run by artificial intelligence, which could analyze the audience's emotions based on the livestream's comments and respond intelligently.
At the same time, in terms of voice, this virtual idol would also use the most advanced AI speech synthesis technology, and the entire body movements would be motion-captured to ensure more natural interaction with the audience.
It was settled. She would start next week!
…
Monday.
Leopard Tooth Livestreaming Platform's official Weibo suddenly announced a major news:
"Leopard Tooth Livestreaming will introduce virtual human livestreaming technology, conduct technical upgrades from the bottom layer of the website, and lean on recommended resources to strongly support virtual Vtubers."