Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

At the same time, Pei Qian was also on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. His head was filled with question marks.

Who was this old man?

What was he talking about?

Oh, that's right. Yu Pingan seemed to have called previously and said that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was asking for people from Useful App. He wanted those young lecturers and scholars to conduct live-stream lectures on the Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

It was done so quickly?

This was way too efficient!

Pei Qian had thought that these young lecturers and scholars needed a month at least to prepare for the Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, there was no need to prepare at all. These people had already begun their lectures the moment Bunny Tail Live-Stream began!

Pei Qian would not have been surprised if these young lecturers and scholars were doing the live-stream. However, the next question made him very confused.

Why were there so many people watching?

This was a lecture. Why were there more and more people in the live-stream? Why were the bullet screen comments becoming more and more dense? There were even people giving gifts.

The audience seemed to be quite convinced looking at their reaction!

The popularity of the platform might be very low but the atmosphere of all the live-streams was very good. There were no arguments, fishing, and cursing bullet screen comments like the other live-stream platforms. The audience seemed to be very well-mannered.

The scariest thing was that even the promotional video had become positive!

Pei Qian immediately called Old Ma sensing that something was amiss.

"Hello? Brother Qian? How is it? The Bunny Tail Live-Stream isn't bad, right? Try giving a gift. They are carrots and vegetables. That carrot icon is too cute!"

Ma Yang's voice was filled with excitement. However, the point of focus seemed to have gone off track with Pei Qian.

Pei Qian did not answer him. Instead, he asked directly. "Who on earth thought of inviting these young lecturers and scholars to Bunny Tail Live-Stream?"

Ma Yang was confused. "Wasn't that your intention?"

Pei Qian: "?"

What the f*ck!

Since when did I have such intentions!

Pei Qian looked shocked. "When did I say that?"

Ma Yang explained, "Brother Qian, didn't you give me a promotional video previously? Wasn't the content of the promotional video hinting that Bunny Tail Live-Stream could be used not only as a pastime by the audience, but also to let them gain something from watching the live-stream?"

Pei Qian could not help but gape, not knowing how to answer.

It turned out that the promotional video had misled Old Ma!

In other words, the source of the blame was actually on Meng Chang?

However, this was obviously not Meng Chang's intention. He could only say that it was an accidental result.

Should he blame Old Ma or Meng Chang?

None seemed right.

Pei Qian felt a little helpless. This matter had nothing to do with anyone in the end. He could only say that it was a beautiful misunderstanding.

Pei Qian could only give up on this topic. After some thought, he asked, "Then… have you decided on the treatment of these young lecturers and scholars?"

Ma Yang immediately answered, "It's all set. Brother Qian, you don't have to worry. They will get a fixed salary as long as they ensure that the live-streams last for a long time. We'll give them a high share of the audience's gifts. The treatment will definitely be good! We've already signed the contract."

Pei Qian: "…"

This efficiency was really fast.

Pei Qian had wanted to ask if there was any way to salvage the situation. However, he had not expected the contract to be signed. Pei Qian thought about it carefully. Due to the spirit of a contract. It did not make sense for him to not let them continue with the broadcast now.

After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, "Alright, that's all for now. I'm hanging up."

Pei Qian did not expect these young lecturers and scholars to appear so quickly on Bunny Tail Live-Stream and with such good results even though he had forewarning!

If these people only came a week or even a month after Bunny Tail's live-stream officially started, then Bunny Tail's live-stream would not be popular anymore. Naturally, not many people would watch it, and it would not have any serious impact.

However, these people had coincidentally started to lecture when Bunny Tail's live-stream had just started. In particular, there was a big boss like Professor Kong Zhemin holding the fort. In an instant, everyone had labeled Bunny Tail's live-stream as a 'professional learning platform'. It could not be erased!

One careless move made a very far-reaching impact.

However, after some thought, Pei Qian realized that there was no better solution.

He could only say that the beginning of Bunny Tail's live-stream had exceeded his expectations. It had obtained a certain amount of attention and popularity through its differentiation from other live-stream platforms. However, could this popularity continue? Pei Qian felt that it probably would not.

Most of the viewers were probably looking for something new. After all, it was rare to have lectures on a live-stream platform.

Once these people's short attention span were over, they would definitely return to other live-stream platforms to watch gaming live-streams and beautiful women dancing.

At that thought, Pei Qian felt that while the opening of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was not going well, it was not to the point of no return. He had to continue observing before making a decision.

At the very least, Bunny Tail's live-stream was only popular at the moment and definitely not profitable.

That was because Bunny Tail's live-stream cost too much, including bandwidth fees, employee salary, salary for these young lecturers and scholars… In terms of income, there was only that little bit of gift money, and most of it had to be distributed to the live streamers.

Therefore, there should be no possibility of profits in the short term. There was no need to worry too much.

As for the culprit, Meng Chang…

Forget it, he probably did not feel good either. After all, he could forget about getting commission since Bunny Tail Live-Stream started on a good note. His promotional video played a huge part. .

Pei Qian also believed that Meng Chang was not trying to do this to him on purpose, so he did not have to call him to question him.

At that moment, Pei Qian's cell phone rang. It was Zhang Yuan.

Pei Qian: "Oh?"

He was a little surprised. What could happen to the E-Sports Industry?

The GPL competition was going smoothly at the moment. Could it be that there was news of Long Yu Corporation's ICL?

Pei Qian immediately picked up the phone.

"Boss Pei, I have something to report to you. The Vice-Presidents of several live-stream platforms have called me. They are a little nervous after knowing that Bunny Tail Live-Stream had been published. They want to ask if the GPL broadcasting rights we signed with them would be affected."

GPL broadcasting rights?

Pei Qian was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

At the moment, GPL's broadcasting rights had been sold to several other larger live-stream platforms. These platforms did not have exclusive broadcasting rights but all of them could broadcast GPLs. They would each broadcast their own, and would not affect each other.

However, the release of Bunny Tail's live-stream obviously sent a rather dangerous message to these live-stream platforms.

Industry insiders were well-informed and could obtain information that ordinary viewers could not. These people paid attentioned to Bunny Tail Live-Stream after realizing it was Boss Pei's business.

That was because the GPL's broadcast rights were ultimately in Boss Pei's hands!

If Boss Pei chose to break the contract, it would mean that only Bunny Tail Live-Stream could broadcast the GPL league…

Of course, that was unlikely.

However, don't forget that there were many live-streamers on these platforms broadcasting GOG and Tengda's games. After the GPL finished the Spring Competition, there was still the Summer Competition, the Global Invitational Competition, and next year's Spring Competition!

If Boss Pei was determined to retrieve all of the content and broadcast them exclusively on Bunny Tail, it would be a huge blow to all live-stream platforms.

Their content would be weakened unprecedentedly, and Bunny Tail's content would be directly tied to Tengda Games. Bunny Tail Live-Stream would be strengthened.

Of course, such unreasonable and overbearing methods would also hurt Tengda. After all, other live-stream platforms would also bring popularity to Tengda's games. They would ban other live-stream platforms from wanting to monopolize the game. That would also greatly reduce the popularity that they could actually obtain.

However, these live-stream platforms knew very well that Boss Pei had always been a maverick. That might not be the case.

Thus, they were all very nervous and could only call Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan could not answer either. He could only continue asking for instructions.

Pei Qian remained silent for a moment.

He was really tempted.

The GPL had already signed contracts with several live-streaming platforms. If they were to breach the contract… they would have to pay a huge penalty!

However, on further thought, he decided to forget about it. This sum of money was outside of his plan. Compared to the ten million yuan broadcasting contract, the breach of contract had to be at least three to five times higher. It would not be easy to fork out such a huge sum of money with all the expenses of the various industries already arranged.

What's more, Pei Qian did not want to fight for popularity with other live-stream platforms.

He had never thought of making Bunny Tail live-stream the industry leader of live-stream platforms. He only wanted to maintain a niche live-stream platform to burn money.

Since that was the case, there was even less of a need for GPL exclusive broadcasting rights.

Pei Qian would not do something as stupid as burning money in a hurry and accidentally burning all his competitors to death and earning more money.

At that thought, Pei Qian said, "Reply to them that Bunny Tail Live-Stream is going in a different direction from their platforms. It will not form a direct competition. Tell them to relax. GOG's and GPL's live-streaming rights will not be affected. They can continue doing what they have always done."

What Pei Qian said was true. "It would not form a direct competition" meant that Bunny Tail Live-Stream would be neither popular nor profitable. He only wanted to pay some bandwidth fees. Indeed, it would not form a competitive relationship with other live-stream platforms.

Zhang Yuan said, "Alright, Boss Pei. I'll reply to them now."

…

Guangzhou, ZZ Live-Stream Headquarters.

"Alright, Boss Zhang, I understand. Thank you!"

The company's Vice-President, Liu Liang, hung up on Zhang Yuan. At the same time, he heaved a sigh of relief and felt a little confused.

The earliest collaboration between ZZ Live-Stream and Tengda was traced back to last August's ZZ Cup Live-Stream. At that time, ZZ Live-Stream had just obtained a huge sum of money and was developing rapidly. It was working with DGE Club and other GOG clubs, creating a huge wave of popularity for its platform.

After that, ZZ Live-Stream successfully obtained live-stream rights of the international invitational tournament and the GPL Spring Competition from Tengda. Liu Liang and Zhang Yuan naturally established a good partnership.

Even so, Liu Liang's work had not been smooth recently.

At the moment, the live-stream industry was about to turn into a sea of red. After a huge influx of capital, veteran live-stream platforms like them were hit hard. Many new platforms would spend huge sums of money to poach live-streamers, engage in price wars, and even hire fake reviewers to defame and report other platforms. This made Liu Liang tired of dealing with them, and he was a little overwhelmed every day.

Thus, Liu Liang was shocked when he heard that Boss Pei had also created Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

It would be a huge impact if Boss Pei joined the live-stream platform battle!

Money was only one aspect. The key was that Tengda currently had a few popular games in its hands. If Tengda said that they would not allow other live-stream platforms to broadcast their own games, those live-stream platforms would have no choice but to comply obediently.

That was why Liu Liang called Zhang Yuan immediately to ask about Boss Pei's attitude.

Liu Liang could finally relax now that Zhang Yuan had called to reply that Boss Pei did not have the intention of 'killing a thousand enemies while sacrificing eight hundred'.

At the same time, Liu Liang had another question.

Boss Pei had personally said that the development of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was different from other live-stream platforms according to what Zhang Yuan had said over the phone. It did not form a direct competitive relationship. He told them not to worry.

There was a big problem now.

Why was Bunny Tail Live-Stream developing in a different from other live-stream platforms? Why did it not form a competitive relationship?

Everyone knew that Boss Pei was a business genius. He often did not cater to the users' needs, but knew how to create demand. He even saw the future development of certain industries.

Bunny Tail Live-Stream had a different direction of development compared to other live-stream platforms. Did that mean that Boss Pei was not optimistic about the current direction of development of the live-stream industry and had another opinion about the future of the industry?

This seemed to be a question worth studying!