CSGO Unboxing Streamer: A Charity-Driven Tycoon

Chapter 107 Analysis of PDD and the Split PDD
Mid April.

Lu Yiming's live stream was extremely popular.

He is also a popular figure on short video platforms.

His titles include: the father of Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game) dealers, the CSGO charity case-opening king, and a strategic partner of Xiaomi, Yaoyao Lingxian (another Chinese card game), Huaxia Gold, and Volkswagen Passat.

It begins with the conclusion of the Disciple Tournament.

Lu Yiming was at the height of his fame for a time.

This makes the eggplant incredibly envious.

That day, PDD sat next to Qiezi. The two had just signed a cooperation agreement, and from today onwards, Qiezi would be a streamer under his management.

Look at the envy on his face.

PDD laughed and said, "What's wrong? Are you envious of President Lu?"

Upon hearing this, Eggplant put down his phone.

Meeting PDD's gaze, he shrugged and said, "How could I not be envious? Two hundred thousand online! That's more than twice mine! It's a pity I didn't get to experience this agent model."

Upon hearing this, PDD nodded in agreement.

The platform is promoting the agent live streaming model.

Lu Yiming is a platinum streamer who grew up in this model, and his live streaming data has become proof of the model's success.

Part of Lu Yiming's contract has been revealed.

PDD could see more than just the exposed portion; he knew that Lu Yiming's only requirement for live streaming was the number of viewers, and that the current 200,000 viewers could bring Lu Yiming three million yuan in revenue each month.

That adds up to 36 million in a year.

Although it couldn't compare to his signing bonus, Lu Yiming didn't have as many additional conditions as him.

In addition to the two high-quality ads that the platform recently gave him, PDD estimates that this part of his annual income is at least 20 million yuan.

If last year's main focus was on Bao Ge...

So it's very likely that Lu Yiming will be the main focus this year.

At this moment, he looked at the eggplant with a face full of envy.

PDD shook his head and laughed, "Envy is useless! President Lu has the right timing, location, and people, so success is inevitable. Anyway, you're in the same industry as him, so even if he gets the meat, you can still get some soup."

The timing and location were undoubtedly advantageous.

The agent contract model would never have been launched if the guilds hadn't angered the platform.

As for people.

This can be seen from Lu Yiming's upbringing. He started spending money on himself last year, and dared to spend millions on himself when his popularity was only a few hundred or a few thousand in October.

Let's take another look at this month.

The discipleship program boosted platform traffic, and the points-based competition launched during the program was a great success. Regularizing the program helped turn the number of viewers in the live stream from negative to positive growth after the program ended.

Despite the online claims that he's doing charity work, PDD is very clear that once the number of viewers in his live stream reaches 200,000, he needs to deliver a sufficiently dazzling live stream experience to maintain that level.

This is just based on his previous unboxing videos.

It's simply to attract the CS:GO player base.

But this points-based competition is different; the generous rewards have brought him a considerable amount of traffic.

Furthermore, it lowered the barrier to entry for live streaming.

His livestream content is designed to allow viewers who don't play CS:GO to quickly understand the content.

It's simply a matter of calculating the points and seeing how much he lost.

Eggplant nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Something immediately came to mind.

He looked at PDD with great excitement and asked, "Old Liu! What do you think about me organizing a points-based tournament in the future?"

Upon hearing this, PDD rolled his eyes.

"Are you rich? Mr. Lu earns at least 50,000 to 100,000 yuan a day in the points race, which adds up to at least 2 million yuan a month, and that's without even giving away a car!"

Upon hearing PDD's words...

Eggplant looked sullen.

He came here aiming for an annual salary of ten million, so spending several million a month is definitely overthinking things.

The contract was just signed.

PDD also considers Eggplant one of his own.

He immediately began to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of Lu Yiming's model.

PDD envied Lu Yiming's contract.

The main reason is that Lu Yiming's contract is really good for retirement.

However, this does not mean that Lu Yiming's contract is absolutely good. The signing bonus can be seen as a development fund. If you want to get higher bonuses in the future, you will naturally have to invest in yourself.

If you remain stagnant during the contract period, the platform will naturally lower your signing bonus or impose more stringent requirements on the next contract.

The new contract is exactly the opposite.

As long as you have popularity, you can get corresponding resources, similar to a salary model where you get paid more for more work.

This reduces the risk for the platform while further controlling costs.

However, the risk on the platform has been shifted to the streamers rather than reduced.

For example, Lu Yiming's current points race is indeed very popular.

How long can this popularity last?
PDD's popularity will likely only last for a year or two at most.

Viewers will eventually get tired of what they see.

Just like Bao Ge, who achieved the top spot in annual traffic and saw a surge in viewership, he also spends hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan every month to boost the effectiveness of his live streams. Lu Yiming is currently doing the same thing as Bao Ge.

Let's analyze this.

PDD took a puff of his e-cigarette.

After exhaling a puff of smoke, he earnestly advised, "Don't be fooled by President Lu's seemingly glamorous appearance. This is only because the current points competition is so popular. He's under a lot of pressure. When the points competition loses its appeal and viewership and revenue decreases, he'll either have to stop the points competition, which is starting to lose money, and let its popularity gradually decline back to what it was before, or he'll have to choose to lose money to gain publicity. The best-case scenario is that he can find a new program that can rival the popularity of the points competition, but that's easier said than done!"

Speaking of which.

PDD turned his head to look at Lu Yiming, who had been silent for a long time.

"President Lu! Say something! Why am I the only one doing the analysis? Give me some recognition!"

Today is PDD's birthday.

Lu Yiming was invited to attend his party.

Lu Yiming listened to PDD's analysis the whole time.

Seeing that the two were looking at him, he smiled and nodded, saying, "Very well done!"

He gained Lu Yiming's approval.

PDD wore a rather smug smile.

The time came at night.

PDD started a live stream, and the chat room was flooded with gifts.

Even Da Sima, known for his high-scoring game, sent two Super Fires.

This is something that made PDD exclaim "miracle".

After expressing my gratitude...

PDD then laughed and said, "Guys! I have a mystery guest on both my left and right sides right now. Can you guess who it is?"

Hear this.

The viewers immediately became interested.

Da Sima was a gift given during the live stream, so the viewers didn't guess who it was in the chat. Qiezi wasn't streaming today, and after seeing many people commenting, PDD immediately moved the camera to Qiezi's left.

The eggplant, who was adjusting the equipment, also turned to the side and made a peace sign at the camera.

However, Eggplant guessed correctly.

PDD's fans couldn't guess who it was. Seeing the barrage of guesses about the man, PDD quickly turned the camera to face Lu Yiming next to him.

I saw him here.

The viewers' eyes lit up.

PDD's size goes without saying.

Even when he puts the camera at its furthest point, only one arm of Qiezi and Lu Yiming can be seen on the left and right sides.

However, the impact won't be significant.

soon.

Qiezi and Lu Yiming adjusted the equipment one after another.

The two started a live stream together at PDD's home.

Lu Yiming originally planned to go back after lunch.

But PDD wanted him to stay and help him improve the quality of his live stream that night. Lu Yiming thought about how he had helped Tuantuan and Mozi with their live streams recently, and he really couldn't refuse because of that favor, so he immediately agreed.

The three of them then started broadcasting.

Its popularity skyrocketed in an instant.

PDD logged into CS:GO and pointed at his inventory, laughing, "Guys! I promised to show you how to open a Bunker! This time I prepared a hundred Bunkers! It cost me 75,000! Do you think I'll get a Dragon Lore on my birthday?"

When Lu Yiming opened the castle last year, each one was already over four hundred.

This year, prices have almost doubled again.

You can't normally buy this many castles on PDD. The lowest market price is 750 each, but there are fewer than 70 in the entire market.

It's worth noting that in 2018 and earlier, watching live streams on GOTV and Twitch gave viewers a chance to obtain map collectible weapon commemorative boxes during certain rounds.

But starting this year...

Valve has changed the rules. You now need to buy a battle pass and complete missions to redeem items, and the crates are no longer castles, with the highest-tier item in the crates being limited-edition cosmetics.

of course.

Lu Yiming also needs to take some responsibility for the current shortage of supply of castles in the market.

Lu Yiming has been hoarding the ancient castle box.

In addition to purchasing at the bottom price on the market.

The two had maintained contact privately with the businessman from the online forum.

At the same time, Lu Yiming also asked him to help find sources of goods.

In the middle are several castle chests that have been cleared out by merchants.

But all of these together only amounted to less than a thousand.

The cost ranges from four hundred to six hundred.

When PDD smiled and said that he bought these 100 boxes from Lu Yiming.

Lu Yiming shrugged and said, "Teacher P complained that buying a hundred would cost 100,000, and I said I could sell them to him for 75,000. To be fair, I didn't rip him off!"

The main reason for selling 100 to PDD was to see if the world line could be brought back together.

You could say it's one of his quirky interests.

Upon hearing this, PDD's fans exclaimed that it made perfect sense.

After all, the black market dealers wanted 100,000, while Lu Yiming only wanted 75,000, which made him much more conscientious.

But Lu Yiming's fans couldn't help but laugh when they saw PDD's fans praising his conscience.

They knew that Lu Yiming was buying old castles; he could buy them for four or five hundred and sell them for seven hundred and fifty and still be considered to have a conscience. Lu Yiming had made a killing this time.

soon.

PDD opened ten cases as a trial.

Looking at the unboxing results.

He immediately felt a chill run down his spine and exclaimed, "Wow! That's it? Seven thousand five hundred! How come there's not a trace of color?! I'm shocked!"

PDD leans back and rubs his dog head with both hands.

The expression of disbelief on his face was quite exaggerated.

Viewers on all three live streams were overjoyed.

[Hahaha! This is hilarious! Go check out Mr. Lu's live stream, his bidding team says Teacher P's bid is 7,500, at most 10 yuan.]

Holy crap! Ten yuan? That's such a rip-off!

[Normal! The value of the Castle Case lies entirely in the Dragon Lore Amulet. A brand new Dragon Lore Amulet starts at 35, and even a slightly worn one can sell for 17.]

[But that's pretty unlucky. At least one blue item should have come out of ten shots, Mr. Lu!]

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PDD has a bullet screen (or danmaku screen).

It was originally placed on the left.

However, Lu Yiming and Qiezi are currently live streaming on both sides.

So he added a small screen on top of the computer screen.

Looking at the reactions on the screen.

PDD, leaning back, turned to Eggplant and said, "Want a few rounds?"

The eggplant couldn't wait any longer.

Hearing this, he rubbed his hands together, looking ready to make a big splash. But after opening all ten boxes, the results were only slightly better than PDD's. After all, all ten of PDD's items were the lowest-grade consumer-level jewelry, while Qiezi got at least two industrial-grade items.

Um..
They're about even, aren't they?
At this moment, Eggplant was quite embarrassed by PDD's gaze, but then turned his face towards Lu Yiming, and PDD also looked over.

And they met each other's gazes.

Lu Yiming, rolling up his non-existent sleeves, said, "Alright! Watch me! I'm still pretty confident I can pull off a Dragon Sniper."

The three people in the live chat had been urging Lu Yiming to go on stage.

After all, he is widely recognized as the luckiest player in the CS:GO community.

He is also someone who once got a Dragon Lore Sniper rifle during a live stream unboxing.

soon.

Lu Yiming also opened all ten boxes.

The result was slightly better than the two, but still limited. The last item that appeared was the military-grade P2000 sturdy chainmail.

Lu Yiming turned to PDD and said, "I have fulfilled my mission!"

God for God, I did not fail in my mission!

PDD's eyes widened upon hearing this.

"Hey duck! Whatever you get, you'll be doing me a favor! Just get me a pink one! Get out of here! Let me do it! I don't believe the Dragon Lore is that hard to get!"

Watch this scene.

The viewers in the live stream were having a blast.

All thirty boxes were opened just like that.

The cost was over 20,000.

But I only broke even on less than a hundred dollars.

It was practically a large-scale gambling rehabilitation event.

PDD was the main carry tonight, so Lu Yiming didn't try to steal the spotlight. He then teamed up with Qiezi to help PDD.

But PDD is really ruthless!
All of them are consumer-grade.

I've said it countless times about Fujian roasted rats, but even with only five boxes left, the highest I've ever gotten is a military-grade item.

I won't mention the Dragon Lore anymore.

I didn't even see the Dragon Sniper rifle roll by during the lottery.

This completely shut PDD up.

To be fair, the drop rate for Castle Crates is inherently low; getting a perfect 100 crates is genuinely difficult.

[But Lu did release one, didn't he? And it's currently the most valuable Dragon Sniper rifle on the market!]

[Actually, I think K's weapon should be more valuable, but unfortunately, the Middle Eastern prince likes Senpou, so he artificially inflated the price!]

[Haha! PDD is in the red zone!]

This single case could buy a real AK in the Middle East!

The discussion in the live chat was very heated.

PDD was oblivious to the comments at that moment.

Seventy-five thousand yuan wasn't a big deal for him, but the fact that he couldn't even turn seventy-five thousand yuan into one hundred yuan really broke him.

At this moment, PDD looked at Lu Yiming beside him.

His eyes clearly pleaded for help.

Lu Yiming was also horrified and said, "Holy crap! Don't look at me like that! You left me five boxes and I came up with the idea of ​​getting a Dragon Sniper rifle! Isn't that a bit too much?"

Hear this.

PDD himself burst out laughing.

indeed.

Leaving five boxes for Lu Yiming to drive is a bit excessive.

At this point, he laughed and said, "Here's what we'll do! I'll open these five cases myself! Then I'll spend another 100,000 to buy 100 more cases from you! You can open these 100 cases, okay?"

PDD understands the importance of effective live streaming.

I'll buy another hundred boxes.

Whether Lu Yiming helped him get the Dragon Sniper, or he just gave up like him.

For PDD, this is a huge win.

After all, even the most worn-out souvenir Dragon Lore is worth over 100,000. If he gets it, then his 100,000 opening fee means he won't lose money. However, if Lu Yiming also doesn't get it, it proves that the Dragon Lore is hard to get, not that PDD is bad.

Upon hearing this, Eggplant and the viewers in the live stream started to cheer.

In this regard.

Lu Yiming shrugged and said, "Sure! But don't buy this box from me! I'm waiting for the price to go up~"

The box issue is easy to resolve.

As long as Lu Yiming agrees to help open it, that's fine.

The merchants on both sides quoted him 100,000 for 100.

At this point, PDD quickly opened the remaining five boxes.

The decisive move was the acquisition of a purple accessory.

CZ75 Retro Holy Grail.

PDD even went to the trouble of checking the price of this piece of jewelry.

However, after seeing the results...

He fell silent.
After a while.

PDD exclaimed with a face full of grief and indignation: "Brothers! How about a pistol worth 75,000? A brand new CZ75 Retro Grail! Its market value is 200! I'm absolutely devastated!"

The update schedule is tentatively set at 6 PM, 9 PM, and before midnight each day.

I won't go into further detail hereafter.

Once I've accumulated some manuscripts, I'll move the update time to 6 PM every day to update all chapters for that day.

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