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Chapter 201 Oh, Four Vegetarian Steamed Goose Heart (2 in 1, please subscribe)
In order to promote its own vtuber, the Leopard Tooth live streaming platform also held a grand press conference and broadcast it live on the entire network.

On the live broadcast screen, the neon lights of Shenzhou Grand Theater emitted a soft glow at night, attracting the attention of many media and audiences.

On the stage, a huge screen projected the flashing Leopard Tooth Live LOGO.

Accompanied by the passionate music, the atmosphere was instantly ignited.

Sitting in the VIP seats were senior executives of the Leopard Tooth live streaming platform, including Mr. Qian, who is in charge of the interactive entertainment business of the Liu Group.

"Dear media friends and fans, thank you all for coming to the new concept transformation press conference of Leopard Tooth Live!"

Following the host's introduction, shots of bonbons flashed on the big screen.

The media in the audience were in an uproar. Leopard Fang was really willing to spend a lot of money and directly poached the top female star from Douyu.

The bonbon smiled, his eyes revealing confidence and pride.

There is no doubt that as the main anchor of Leopard Tooth, she is the focus of this new product launch conference.

The bonbon has a slender figure, fair skin, delicate features, and large, bright eyes that are a deep brown.
Another thing that impressed fans about Bonbon is her love of brightly colored clothes, especially leopard print bodysuits.

Her sweet angelic face and hot devil figure are the secret weapons that made her famous.

"Hello, dear new and old viewers, I am Jianxintang, and I am also a member of the Leopard Tooth Live family.

Of course, I am not the star of today's press conference, but I am honored to introduce my new sister to you all."

As the spotlight focused, a new virtual girl appeared on the screen.

Her appearance and facial features are very similar to the bonbon herself, but her eyes and face are more two-dimensional, and her big eyes sparkle as if there are stars hidden in them.

The iconic leopard print skirt danced on the stage, and a pair of small wings were faintly visible behind her.

"Hello everyone, I'm the 2D version of Bonbon. I hope I can spend the next wonderful time with you all."

Although the audience in the live broadcast room knew that this was just a skinned figure of Sandwich Candy, this virtual skin was so realistic and lively that everyone couldn't help but admire it.

"Hey, isn't this cosplay? Is this a real avatar?"

"With this look and style, AWSL! I'm completely captivated. You're my only sister!"

"Bonbonbon, take me to the second dimension!"

Hearing the shouts of the otakus in the audience, Sandwich Candy's brows inadvertently frowned slightly, then he returned to his usual business smile and quickly finished his closing remarks:
"As the Chief Videographer and Operations Officer of Leopard Tooth Live, I will always uphold the spirit of innovation and breakthroughs to bring fans a richer live streaming experience. Thank you everyone!"

In this era, the development of virtual vtubers has just started. It was unimaginable in the past that a live 2D portrait of a skinned person could be so exquisite. Therefore, this image of Sandwich Candy is simply a dimensionality reduction attack in the live broadcast circle.

Many self-media in the live broadcast circle began to come out and praise:
@直播娱评论: Relying on the graphic technology support of Liu Group and Youyi Company, the virtual anchor business of the Leopard Tooth Live Platform has undergone a new technical upgrade, with impeccable detail processing, which is simply the pinnacle of virtual images this year!
@Weekly Anchor High Energy Moments: The new sisters of Heart Candy are so cute that it’s breathtaking. Coupled with the former Douyu No. 1 sister as the middleman to attract traffic, it is estimated that the traffic of Leopard Tooth Live will reach a new peak this year!
@虚拟萌主快报: From the press conference, it can be seen that this is not just makeup or cosplay, this is a brand new virtual image! It is a dimensionality reduction attack on other virtual anchors, far ahead!
This live broadcast set a record of 1000 million total viewers on the Leopard Tooth platform main site.

Before that, until Leopard Tooth Live was acquired by Liu Group, the highest number of viewers for a single live broadcast on a single platform did not exceed 800 million.

At the same time, several related super topics of this live broadcast also made it to the hot search list on Weibo:

#The virtual image of the sandwich candy is exposed on the entire network for the first time#
#Leopard Tooth Live New Announcer Girl Becomes a God#
#Virtual vtuber: A new trend in live streaming#
Seeing that this press conference was more popular than expected, the official of Leopard Tooth Live took advantage of the opportunity and announced a series of subsequent national tour activities such as offline meet-and-greets and autograph sessions.

The major financial media outlets that focus on the development of the cultural industry did not miss this wave of popularity. Regardless of whether they received public relations fees from the Liu Group or not, they all began to collectively praise it:
Financial Commentary:

"The emergence of Leopard Tooth Live's virtual idol economy has not only sparked a social phenomenon, but also a profound industrial transformation. The rise of the virtual economy will bring more possibilities."

Internet Finance:
"The Economics Behind Virtual Idols": Leopard Tooth Live's virtual idols have profound business logic behind turning popular livestreamers with over 10 million followers into sham figures.

Later, not only the economic field, but also the social field media got involved:
Social News Weekly:

"Leopard Tooth Live's virtual idols have played a positive role in mental health. Studies have found that viewers alleviated anxiety, depression, and other psychological problems by interacting with virtual idols. It seems that we have all underestimated the social impact of virtual idols."

……

on Tuesday.

Just as the outside world was shocked by the Liu Group's high-profile entry into the live broadcast industry and the huge success of the first launch of the sandwich candy, the official Weibo of Taoyuanxiang Company quietly released a new poster.

The background of the poster presents the scene of deep space, dotted with stars and dazzling.

The main body of the poster is the back of a girl wearing shiny silver-white clothes. The lines of the clothes are simple and neat, revealing a sense of technology. It is dotted with LED lights. She stands on a high platform with soft outlines, exuding a sense of futurism.

Above the poster, a ray of light penetrates the clouds and shines on the girl, as if it is the light of the future, surrounding her with a faint halo.

The whole poster is filled with a wonderful sense of mystery and science fiction.

At the bottom of the poster, there is silver-white font:
The sound of the future is about to be revealed

There is a line of guys below: Taoyuan Township’s official live broadcast platform will be launched soon.

Below the poster, many fans of Taoyuan Township were excited:
"My Chao, what's going on? Is there something new going on in Taoyuan Township? Are they going to do a live broadcast?"

"Liu Group just acquired Leopard Fang, and Taoyuan Township quickly followed suit. Wow, they're determined to fight Liu Group to the end."

"Hasn't Taoyuan Township's recent energy been focused on the new work participating in the Tianzun Cup? The animation business has just stabilized, and now they are developing a gaming platform and a live streaming platform, opening so many branch mines. Do they have enough energy?"

"Honestly, I really like the virtual image of the candy. I heard that the Liu Group spent a lot of money to hire a two-dimensional illustrator from an island country to design it. I think Taoyuan Township will be hard to surpass even if it enters the live streaming circle."

In addition to Taoyuanxiang's fans, outside public opinion also expressed concerns about Taoyuanxiang's live broadcast attempt:

A senior cultural industry critic who swore that he had not taken a penny from the Liu Group:

"From the poster of Taoyuan Township's new live streaming platform, it seems they also want to launch their own virtual idol.

However, while this poster may appear futuristic, it actually lacks design flair. Such designs are not new in the virtual idol world. Meanwhile, the Liu Group's bonbons have already caused a sensation within the industry, and Taoyuan Township's attempt can only be seen as a follow-up. Without their own unique skills, it would be difficult for them to stand out in the fierce market competition.

The meaning of industry commentators is very clear. If a live broadcast platform wants to operate in the early stage, it must burn money desperately to attract traffic.

With Taoyuan Township’s current size, it is absolutely impossible to compete with the Liu Group in terms of spending money to buy traffic.

A popular hottie with 500 million followers on a Leopard Tooth live streaming platform:

"Taoyuan Township's new move may seem radical, but it's actually following in the footsteps of the Liu Group.

Users won't linger on multiple identical streamers, so Taoyuanxiang's imitation efforts will struggle to build trust with viewers. The appeal of virtual idols lies in their individuality and uniqueness, not simply their packaging. Taoyuanxiang needs more originality to truly impress audiences.

A variety show host:

“As someone who has participated in the production of many variety shows, I am well aware of the charm of virtual idols.

Judging from my experience of interacting with Bonbon on a show, their team attaches much more importance to the audience experience than Taoyuan Township.

You know, virtual idols are not just images, but also a vehicle for interaction. In this regard, I think that the experience of the three-dimensional idols with many years of experience is definitely far superior to the fledgling Taoyuanxiang.

Seeing Taoyuan Township’s new live streaming platform caught in a whirlpool of public opinion, a passerby sighed:
"Taoyuan Township's live streaming platform plan was announced too suddenly, making it difficult for it to avoid competing with the Liu Group on the same schedule. It's not surprising that Taoyuan Township, which is at a disadvantage, was pushed to the forefront of public opinion by the Liu Group."

……

At this time, in the Taoyuan Township villa, Liu Mengyuan, sitting at his workstation, frowned slightly as he watched the various public opinion storms on the Internet.

Haha, the sci-fi girl in our family is just following the trend, but your anchor is original when she wears leopard print, right?

She raised her eyes and glanced at Lu Yu beside her, and found that he was taking a nap on the small bed at his workstation.

Look, Lu Yu has been worrying about the Tianzun Cup recently.
Therefore, as the vice president, she can completely handle this small problem encountered by the live broadcast platform on her own.

Lu Yu glanced at Liu Mengyuan blearily. He'd played those classic games too late last night and had to take a nap. What was Liu Mengyuan busy with? The live streaming platform?
Isn’t it enough to just create a small platform?

Emmm... Never mind, let's ignore her. With the three Tangtang sisters backing us up, there should be no problem.

He changed to a more comfortable lying position and continued to nap.

Liu Mengyuan browsed through the company's public mailbox and soon found that

The self-media team of "Weekly Anchor High Energy Moments" sent an interview invitation to Taoyuan Township.

Liu Mengyuan thought about it, replied to the email, and then called the three Tangtang sisters over.

"Tomorrow there will be a video interview with a self-media outlet. You will answer the questions on behalf of the operations manager of Taoyuan Live."

"Eh?"

The three Tangtang sisters screamed in panic at the same time.

As operation directors of the live streaming platform, they felt like they were being forced into a job by Lu Yu. If he asked them some professional questions in the industry and they couldn't answer them, wouldn't that be embarrassing for the company?

Liu Mengyuan seemed to see the other party's nervousness and uneasiness, and smiled and comforted him:
"It's okay. Didn't you all work as anchors for two years before? Just answer based on your experience."

……

The next night, the program team's official D-station account released a video containing this exclusive interview.

The self-media reporter on the other side, who had been immersed in the live broadcast industry for many years, started with a rather sharp question:
"You previously released a poster for your live streaming platform on Weibo, but the domestic live streaming industry is currently dominated by Douyu and Baoya. All the smaller companies that followed suit have had their projects shut down. What unique advantages does your platform have compared to these two giants?"

The eldest sister Marshmallow tilted her head and thought for a moment, then tentatively answered:
“Our strengths are that our team members are very caring and we have no revenue pressure.

When we launched the project, our boss told us that this live streaming platform was just for fun..."

The reporter rolled his eyes. What kind of advantage is this? Doesn't this just prove that your boss is a sucker with no project management skills?

The reporter then asked, "In your opinion, if Taoyuan Township has a virtual idol in the future, will it have any characteristics?"

"Of course!"

As someone who had just watched the technical demonstration internally, Ermei Lollipop showed her little fangs and nodded her little head like a high-end person.

"Special features, definitely special features! I assure you, it's the kind of lust you can't control yourself after seeing it!"

The reporter was silenced.

The characteristics you mentioned and the characteristics I mentioned don’t seem to be the same thing...

The reporter patiently continued, "I heard that the virtual image of the bonbon was designed by an 2D illustrator from Japan. Who is the designer of your virtual idol?"

The scene switched to the third sister lollipop. She tilted her head like Meowpass, staring with her big, harmless eyes. She thought for a long time, and then her stomach growled:
"Isn't it over yet? Is it time for lunch?"

Thus, the interview ended in an extremely awkward atmosphere.

This interview video was uploaded to the Internet by the official self-media without cutting a single second.

The comment section was filled with joy:
"Are you sure this is the level that an operations director should have?"

"I always feel like these three exude a clear and pure idiotic aura..."

"And why are there three operations directors at the same time? The CEO of this company is so casual."

"I'm starting to worry about the future of Taoyuan Township's live streaming business. Can they really make it?"

"Damn, if the team's top decision-maker is so abstract, then the overall team style is simply unimaginable. Can they really take on the Liu Group like this?"

"Well, the only good news is that the idols from Taoyuan Township will be very astringent, which is consistent with their usual stable performance."

……

Shenzhou City, on the top floor of a high-end apartment building.

The bonbon who just took a shower, put on a facial mask and tied her hair up,

While eating the fruits in the fruit bowl, I watched the live recording of the previous Leopard Tooth press conference.

When the video played to the scene where the bonbons appeared, the comments started to flood the screen with comments like:
"Wife!!!"

"Bonbonbon, come on over here, Bonbonbon!"

"Honey, leopard print is so hot today!"

As he watched, Candy Frown frowned and closed the video.

Oh, steamed goose heart with four vegetarian dishes!
But in order to make money, I have to wear leopard print to please these otakus.

I'm so angry!
The corner of the candy's mouth curled up, and he swiped down the video a few times out of boredom, and soon he came to this week's "Weekly Anchor High Energy Moment" interview.

When seeing the three sisters Tangtang, the pupils of the sandwich suddenly dilated.

When she found out that the other person was the operations director of the Taoyuan Township live broadcast platform, the shock in her heart was beyond words!
She murmured subconsciously:

"These... these three naive little idiots, actually, actually made it to this point?"

She narrowed her eyes slightly and fell into a brief memory.

Three years ago, the three Tangtang sisters and Jianxintang were all trainees of the 101st idol training camp [Sweetness Girls].

All the girls in this round of trainees have the word "sugar" after their stage names.

Until now, she still remembers the unknown passerby temperament of the three Tangtang sisters when she first met them.

Even at that time, there were rumors in the training camp that the three sisters' idol dreams were not supported by their families, and they secretly ran away to sign up as trainees without telling their families.

During their time as a member of Sweetness Girl 101, they received rigorous training together, practiced singing and dancing in the same dance studio, and even had the same choreographer.

In order to package them, the agency they signed with asked them to rush to take part in some small variety shows. I vaguely remember that the performance of the three sisters in the show was confusing and abstract enough.

Unlike the main members of the group, the three sisters, Sandwich Tang and Tangtang, were just background members from the beginning. In the MVs of the main songs, the ones standing in the C position are always the popular talents promoted by the companies, and they appear in each MV for no more than 10 seconds.

From the moment they signed with an agency, marginal idols like Bonbon and the Three Sisters could only receive the most basic salary for a long period of time. Not only could they not receive any salary for many of the promotions, they might even have to pay out of their own pocket.
Unable to bear the exploitation of their agencies, many marginal idols have fallen out with their agencies.

As the incident escalated, Sweetness Girls 101 could no longer regain its former glory, and the members went their separate ways.

Although Sandwich was a failure during his idol period, he is very good at making things abstract during live broadcasts, and his career has seen a second spring.

At that time, she heard that the three Tangtang sisters were also bloggers of travel short videos on Douyin, but the data was very bad, so she didn't take it seriously.

Unexpectedly, both parties have now become senior executives of the live streaming platform.

Of course, there are other reasons why Sandwich Candy felt complicated when he saw the three sisters.
During the Idol Producer period, the three sisters, Jian Tang and Tang Tang, were good friends who could talk about anything, because Jian Tang ran away from home to become an idol after having a big fight with her parents.

In the training camp, they once lived in the same dormitory and jointly resisted the agency's unfair contracts. However, something happened afterwards, and the relationship between the two sides could no longer be restored...

She recalled the past events with the three sisters.

(End of this chapter)