You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

Chapter 200 Why Are They All Suit Men? (2 in 1 Order)

Live streaming industry earthquake! Liu Group enters the market with strength, Leopard Tooth Live may become the next giant

Liu Group's massive acquisition of Leopard Tooth Live shocked the industry. Where will the market go?

"On the acquisition of live streaming giant Leopard Tooth, people in and outside the industry have expressed their opinions!"

Among them, the most surprising piece of news is -

The new generation star of Douyu Platform - Sandwich Candy, officially announced to join Leopard Tooth Platform

The news content is as follows:

Leopard Tooth Live (stock code: BYLIVE) officially announced today that renowned live streamer Jiaxintang (stage name) has officially joined the platform and will fully participate in the transformation and operation of the Leopard Tooth Live platform.

As a big internet celebrity in the live streaming circle, Sandwich Candy has become the leading actress of the Douyu platform with her unique charm and professional qualities, and is known as the "new generation sweet girl."

Her joining marks an important step for the Leopard Tooth platform in introducing fresh blood and improving user experience.

After joining Leopard Fang, Sandwich will take up an important position on the platform, responsible for traffic diversion and live broadcast program planning.

Mr. Qian from the Interactive Entertainment Group of Liu Group said that the joining of Bonbon is an important step for Leopard Fang in expanding its influence.

It is reported that before leaving Douyu, Jiantang faced a record-breaking breach of contract fee in the live streaming industry, but the Liu Group had already paid the liquidated damages for Jiantang.

At this time, Liu Lan in the office looked at the news and frowned slightly.

"This... bonbon, is it worth us spending so much money to dig it out?"

Manager Qian patted his chest and vowed:
"Boss Liu, don't worry. Sandwich Candy is very popular in the live streaming circle. Let her be responsible for attracting traffic and managing the live streaming business. It will be foolproof!"

Afterwards, taking advantage of the heated public opinion, the Liu Group announced even more important news:

Liu Group will soon participate in the "Best New Star Live Broadcasting Platform Selection"

This selection is hosted by China Television and aims to discover the most outstanding and promising live broadcast platforms in the industry and set a new benchmark for the industry.

The event will also reward live streaming platforms that excel in content innovation, user interaction, and technological application, providing users with a richer and more diverse entertainment experience.

The winning live streaming platform will become the annual strategic partner of China Television and share the broadcasting rights for many large-scale events and concerts.

In addition, the selection committee will provide generous bonuses and advertising resources to the winning platforms.

It can be said that a platform that wins the title of "Best Live Streaming Rising Star of the Year" is equivalent to winning the title of Rookie King in the live streaming industry.

Faced with the strong entry of Liu Group and its participation in the selection of the best new star, people on the Internet said that the outcome was no longer a surprise.

Many investment commentators commented, "The Liu Group's entry into the live streaming platform signifies a further acceleration of its commercialization, presenting a prime opportunity for investors."

Fans who love watching live broadcasts have said, "The entry of Liu Group has given us more choices. In fact, it's good to have a little bit of a "catfish effect" in the live broadcast industry. We can't let Douyu dominate the market forever."

Many influencers liked and retweeted the news, praising the Liu Group's courage: "This will inspire other platforms to provide more opportunities for talented streamers and further promote the development of the industry."

In short, the Liu Group, which is not short of money, naturally has a lot of public relations work. In less than half a day, the Liu Group has become the savior of the live broadcast industry.

……

The next day, after much hesitation, the three Tangtang sisters invited Liu Mengyuan to the conference room for a private chat.

After receiving the task of setting up a live broadcast platform, these three girls perfectly interpreted what it means to be a young lady getting married for the first time.

In short, I was completely in the dark.

At this time, Liu Mengyuan happened to see the news on his phone that Liu Group was about to enter the live broadcast platform and participate in the annual live broadcast star selection.

When he saw this news, a hint of imperceptible cunning flashed in the corner of Liu Mengyuan's eyes.

She turned off her phone and asked softly:

"Has President Lu told you what the tone of our live streaming platform is?"

The three Tangtang sisters looked at each other for a long time. The eldest sister said to Liu Mengyuan while recalling the past:

Mr. Lu did not set any KPIs. He said that as long as we could make a usable platform,

Oh yes, later Mr. Lu also made a request in the email, saying that he wanted to make the audience watching the live broadcast feel relaxed and comfortable.

Mr. Lu said that, after all, the live broadcast platform is just a tool to record life. The leisure of life itself is far more important than the casual show.

Moreover, Mr. Lu did not set any development cycle or deadline for us, and he even allowed us to increase the budget as long as the reasons were reasonable.”

Speaking of this, Marshmallow also looked confused and said:

"In short, after listening to the whole thing, Mr. Lu gave me the impression that there was no need to be too serious about the live streaming platform, and that it was enough to just do it casually."

Liu Mengyuan immediately stretched out his finger and shook it:

"Wrong, absolutely wrong. If you understand it this way, then you have undoubtedly completely misinterpreted Mr. Lu's meaning. Don't forget, our Mr. Lu is an old man..."

The three Tangtang sisters suddenly opened their beautiful eyes wide, looking eager to learn.

Although they worked as receptionists at the company, they often heard people say that Mr. Lu was a shrewd old man, but they never understood why. This time, they finally had the opportunity to get an answer to this question.

Liu Mengyuan analyzed:

Mr. Lu's words can actually be interpreted from another perspective. Although Mr. Lu said that it's okay as long as it works, he also added that users should feel relaxed and comfortable. This shows that Mr. Lu hopes that our live streaming platform will have a good user experience, be easy to use, and can be enjoyed anytime, anywhere with just a mobile phone.

What Mr. Lu meant by "usable" is actually "simple and easy to use".
In other words, it is not enough to just create a platform and call it a day. Instead, we need to carefully consider the pain points and needs of the audience and anchors so that everyone can enjoy the platform leisurely.

Developers who can achieve this level of product development, to some extent, need to engage in internal competition in the sense of market competition.”

The eldest sister Marshmallow seemed to understand something:
"Boss Liu, do you mean to say that we should actually interpret Boss Lu's words in reverse?"

"That's right!"

Liu Mengyuan showed a relieved expression, this boy is teachable!

A mature Taoyuanxiang employee should learn to understand the deeper meaning of Mr. Lu’s words. Mr. Lu’s words can never have only the superficial meaning.

Afterwards, several people discussed in the conference room and preliminarily determined the design concept of the live broadcast platform based on Lu Yu's development suggestions.

First of all, all anchors on the platform are not forced to work, and they do not have fixed working hours, which can avoid excessive fatigue and ensure physical and mental health.

Every day, the anchor can receive a basic salary after broadcasting for the minimum online time.

At the same time, Taoyuan Township's live broadcast platform encourages anchors to broadcast in leisurely scenes. For example, the live broadcast room is decorated to look comfortable and relaxing, as if on vacation, to convey a leisurely atmosphere. It also encourages anchors to share some slow-paced and relaxing daily life, such as outdoor live broadcasts or home food and cute pet live broadcasts.

Of course, Liu Mengyuan felt that these were not the most ruthless tasks. If he only took out these things, he would not be able to form a competitive advantage over the Liu Group.
So, she directly suggested:
"The platform will cancel all so-called popularity rankings and completely abolish ranking competitions between anchors. There will be no ranking lists to prevent anchors from cheating and competing for the top spots!
At the same time, the PK function between anchors will be cancelled and replaced by cooperation. If the total number of gifts in the live broadcast room reaches a certain amount, both parties will receive rewards.

Moreover, the platform will take strong measures to strictly crack down on malicious remarks and acts of opening boxes against anchors."

The three Tangtang sisters' eyes lit up when they heard this. They had also worked as anchors for two years after graduation. If they had encountered such a leisurely and good platform at that time, they would definitely not have continued to broadcast on Douyin.

Liu Mengyuan continued:
“Of course, in addition to relieving the pressure on the anchors, Taoyuan Township’s live broadcast platform will also relieve the pressure on users.

Users can obtain virtual gifts that can be rewarded through tasks or irregular interactive activities. Moreover, these gifts are not small amounts of money, but very substantial and high-value gifts, which is equivalent to the platform directly subsidizing users.
As for the source of the gift...

Liu Mengyuan recalled that Lu Yu had once told her that "sharing happiness with others is worse than enjoying it alone", which shows that Lu Yu attaches great importance to the spirit of sharing and cooperation.

If we design a business model based on this idea...

Liu Mengyuan's eyes lit up:
"Got it! We can collaborate with external partners on business deals. For example, the gifts given as rewards in the live broadcast room can be turned into products of the cooperating brands!

For example, if a washing machine sponsors us, the reward gift is the washing machine; if a car sponsors us, then the reward gift is the car!
If this is the case, every time the anchor thanks the audience for a gift, he or she must read out the name of the product. This is equivalent to the sponsor getting exposure every time a user gives a tip. This is a win-win situation for the merchant, the platform, the anchor, and the audience!

It's a complete win."

The other business girls present were full of admiration. She was indeed the girl that President Lu had chosen. Her ability to understand President Lu’s business hints was perfect!
[Congratulations, the host's repeated practice has triggered the guarantee, and the "Business Model" skill has been upgraded to Lv2]

After some design, Liu Mengyuan was quite satisfied with his design. He crossed his legs on the chair and said:
"Just design the live streaming platform according to this idea. First, make a demo version. Then I will gather the people in the company who like to watch live streaming and let everyone review it."

After Liu Mengyuan gave the instructions, the three Tangtang sisters quickly used the new recruits to start developing the website framework for the live broadcast platform.

……

Three days later, the demo of the first version of the live broadcast website was completed. Li Hongmei and other employees from other projects also went to the large conference room on the fifth floor to check out the live broadcast trial.

Soon, the conference room was packed.

Everyone was surprised to find that the design of the Tangtang sisters group actually had many highlights, such as,

The interface design of the entire website looks quite simple and easy to use, and the information is presented intuitively, avoiding cumbersome and excessive pop-ups.

The website's color scheme also uses soft warm tones, and the interface also uses natural elements such as plants, coastlines, etc. The background sound of the website is also quite soothing, filled with birdsong and waves.

After entering the personal space, users can customize the background and music. In addition, 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 still had some concerns in their hearts.
The reason is very simple. The "ranking" of the live broadcast platform is actually a very important part. That is, the essence of fans ranking is actually the stimulating consumption of internal circulation. If these things are removed, then the platform's revenue and monetization can only rely on advertising, and there will probably be considerable revenue pressure.

Finally, everyone sent this design plan to Lu Yu's email address with trepidation.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yu replied to the email immediately:

"Very good, let's follow this design idea!"

"??????"

Li Hongmei and the others were stunned. What was going on with Mr. Lu? "Just follow the results of the discussion between the three Tangtang sisters in the meeting room."

After sending away Li Hongmei, who looked puzzled, Lu Yu smiled slightly.

Does he know that this plan is unreliable?
of course I know!

But what he wants is unreliability!
Otherwise, there are plenty of business girls in the company, and some of them have even worked in the live broadcast industry before. Why would he reuse the Tangtang sisters?

With these three great talents here to keep the place in check, Taoyuan Township will probably just be a runner-up in the selection of the best new star platform of the year.

Although Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan both firmly supported the plan, some other employees who were familiar with the business model were not optimistic about it and complained in their hearts:

"Completely cancel the leaderboards, and rely entirely on external sponsorship for reward gifts. Can we think of this, but other platforms can't?
Is there a possibility that this approach simply won't work? If we do this, we'll probably be crushed by the Liu Group."

But the company's top and second-in-command were both firmly in favor, so what could they say? They could only pray that the company didn't spiral out of control under these two's fury...

……

weekend.

When Lu Yu was resting at home, Liu Mengyuan pulled him along and continued to wear the cosplay costumes of Illya and Lu Di Yu Mo, using the account "Xiao Yuanyuan and Xiao Yu Mao" to play live games.

The two seemed unwilling to accept their complete defeat in the last cooking competition and continued to try, only to become increasingly flustered.

"Where's the oven? Be careful not to burn the food! I'm running out of time to blanch it."

"It's okay, I'll go save you!"

duang~
The two people bumped into each other again in a panic.

"Hey, the oven is smoking, put out the fire!"

"Where's the bucket? Where's the bucket?"

"Isn't it in your hands?"

The popularity of barrage began to soar:
"Hahahahahahaha, the performance of both of you is still so stable."

"From Elizabeth Cat's ghost video, these two abstract anchors are they?"

"After all, there can't be two kinds of people sleeping in one bed."

The two of them played the life of an island owner for a while, finishing the daily harvesting work.
Liu Mengyuan stretched and whispered in Lu Yu's ear:
"You play for a while longer and get today's perfect attendance badge. I'm going to take a break."

"Oh."

Lu Yu rolled his eyes. This was why he was determined not to work on a live streaming platform that was prone to internal competition. The anchors had to complete various daily tasks every day, just like punching in for work. Isn’t it tiring?

Lu Yu also stretched, opened his philosophy book in front of the camera, and began to appreciate it.

However, from the audience's perspective, it is not possible to see the fanzines tightly sandwiched between the layers of Lu Yu's book.

In the live broadcast room, 2 people were watching Lu Yu staring at the philosophy book motionlessly. If he hadn't occasionally turned the pages, they would have thought it was just a background picture.

"Me Chao? 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'? This anchor is quite something."

"People who can understand Nietzsche are not ordinary people. I used to feel sleepy during philosophy classes."

"But why are his eyes fixed on her? There's a hint of fire in them."

"Maybe... there is beauty in books, right?"

"Host, your cosplayer, the Lu Yu Mo, likes to collect risqué picture books, and you're still reading a serious book here. This doesn't fit your character."

After broadcasting for a while, the super administrator quickly warned: "Please don't be so bad, and actively interact with the audience."

Lu Yu secretly sighed, so he hated the involutionary platform...

There was no choice but to continue playing "Battlefield 4" on his computer.

Soon, the Chinese dubbing of the game came with various national treasures:

"Damn, there's a sniper!"

"I've been shot!"

"Go to hell, stupid (beep)!"

……

At this time, Liu Mengyuan was resting alone in the bedroom, with a pile of fruit plates on the small table next to him.

She had been watching Lu Yu's live broadcast. The audience was kept in the dark, but she knew very well what was in Lu Yu's book.

"Oh, hypocritical."

Liu Mengyuan's mouth was full of smiles. She took out a banana from the fruit bowl and was about to peel it.
Suddenly, she noticed something strange!
Hmm... I felt like I had seen this technique of using her slender, jade-like fingers to feel the surface of the fruit in the unhealthy little picture album that she secretly hid under her pillow.

Thinking this, Liu Mengyuan subconsciously recalled the gestures of the female character in the picture album and began to slowly stroke the surface of the fruit.

Her face became redder and redder.
Soon, a system screen popped up in front of her:
[Congratulations, the host's repeated practice has triggered a new guaranteed skill, and the "Wife" series of skill books has acquired a new skill.]

The moment Liu Mengyuan saw the system prompt, he felt something was wrong.

Oh no, I accidentally became a female LSP again subconsciously. I can’t go on like this.

At this time, while Lu Yu was live streaming her battlefield game, she kept hearing various gunshots, which made her even more confused.

Finally, she resigned herself to her fate and clicked on the system prompt to check the skill tree of her increasingly deviant wife (succubus).

[Equipment Maintenance·Fragrance of Fingering Lv1]: Maintain the target's combat equipment before combat. Maintenance effect: Increase equipment volume by 15%.

Liu Mengyuan's face immediately turned red to his ears. What the hell is this equipment size increase?
Yes, it must be the skills in the Battlefield game, that's right.

The girl slapped her cheeks, trying to deceive herself.

……

Afterwards, Liu Mengyuan finally calmed down and rejoined the live broadcast.

During the live broadcast, Lu Yu discovered that other anchors would often go to other anchors' live broadcast rooms to check on them.
So the two of them also started to check in with the audience. After all, they were small anchors with very few fans, so it didn’t matter if they didn’t know each other.

Soon, Lu Yu discovered a problem. There were quite a lot of virtual Vtubers (people in suits) in the live broadcast area of ​​Station D.

For example, in the live broadcast room where he is now, a pink-haired loli is jumping up and down:
"Follow Yongchu Taffy~"

"Thank you for following Yongchu Taffy, meow~"

Lu Yu joked casually:
"Can we... try being a leather suit man?"

But soon, he smiled at himself.

Forget it, the V circle is very complicated and he is afraid that he can’t control himself.

A female anchor named A Zi once made a sharp comment on V Circle during a live broadcast with Wang Fanqie:
"The circle is small, but there are a lot of things going on."

As for our own live streaming platform, we don’t even consider adding these functions. After all, it’s just a small platform for our own live streaming, so why should we care about it?
Moreover, if it succeeds by accident and causes the live streaming website to expand in scale, then it will be completely ruined.

Although Lu Yu just mentioned it casually, the speaker was unintentional, but the listener took it seriously.
Liu Mengyuan suddenly shuddered!
How should we treat Lu Yu?

Listen in reverse!
Lu Yu must be trying to make some developmental hints through these casual words!
Virtual anchor? Sure, in her past life, this was also a very popular live broadcast trend.

Moreover, with the development of virtual reality technologies such as AR and VR in the future, virtual idols may become more and more popular.

As expected of the old thousand-layer cake, it is so far-sighted!

Combining some of his past life experiences, a large number of design plans instantly emerged in Liu Mengyuan's mind:

First of all, she wanted to customize an exclusive virtual anchor similar to a billboard girl for Taoyuan Township's live broadcast platform. With the artistic talents she unlocked in the system mall, she should have no problem with art design.

In terms of modeling, Taoyuan Township's virtual idols have a more realistic and attractive appearance, with special movements and expressions.

Then choose someone from the company to be the middle person in the skin.

Just as he was thinking about this, Liu Mengyuan saw Lu Yu's back as he was broadcasting live meticulously, and he suddenly shuddered again!
and many more!

If it were Lu Yu, would he be satisfied with this step?

After all, this man always says "If you do something, you must do it to the extreme."

In the world line before her rebirth, Mi Leyou had already created Lu Ming, so why didn't she overtake and follow Mi Leyou's path in advance?
Liu Mengyuan was excited and began to think:
Taoyuan Township’s poster girl virtual idol will be run by artificial intelligence, which can analyze the audience’s emotions based on the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room and make intelligent responses.

At the same time, in terms of voice, this virtual idol will also use the most advanced AI speech synthesis technology and motion capture of body movements throughout the process to ensure that the interaction with the audience is more natural.

It’s settled, we’ll start working on it next week!
……

on Monday.

The official Weibo account of Leopard Tooth Live Streaming Platform suddenly announced a big news:
"Leopard Tooth Live will introduce virtual human live broadcast technology, upgrading the website's technology from the ground up. At the same time, it will prioritize recommended resources and vigorously support virtual vtubers."

(End of this chapter)