Chapter 89: Impending Crisis
Author: Black Lantern (黑色花灯)
Link: https://book.qidian.com/info/1009922190
Translated by Gumihou
While everyone was busy being shocked by the 10 spaceships that had appeared at Ye Fei’s channel, those with sharp eyes suddenly noticed another terrifying detail.
The time that Ye Fei choose to broadcast was 4pm. It was the time when traffic is the quietest in the broadcasting world. That’s because nearly everyone would be busy during this time. Aside from some old people, children and maybe a few housewives, most people would be out working to make money and supporting their families.
In other words, this was the time when the least number of viewers would appear on broadcasting platforms.
However, someone had noticed that the number of fans on Ye Fei’s channel had been quietly increasing. When the broadcast first started, Ye Fei have more than 53,000 viewers on this channel. However, the number had grown to 80,000. This rise was really quite scary since it was rare for fans to grow by the tens of thousands. It just shows how successful this live broadcast was.
“Over 80,000 people, ah. Moreover, the number is still rising. This is too incredible.”
“Ye Fei’s broadcast is about to break a lot of records today.”
“Still want to break more records? Can’t he take a break instead?”
“What break, ah? Do you realise what time it is? Most people should be at work and have no time for entertainment, but look, the number of people popping into his broadcast is still increasing. This Ye Fei bastard is… aih, why don’t we have this kind of person in our section?”
At this time, everyone at Fine Food Section had finally shaken awake from the 10 spaceships shock they had fallen in. The statistician in charge of monitoring the viewers on Ye Fei’s channel exclaimed, “Supervisor, everyone, the viewers on Ye Fei’s channel is still increasing. It has almost reached 90,000.”
“What? People are still coming in even now?”
“How can this be? Aren’t they all working?”
“Don’t know, but the number of people is still increasing. Supervisor, looks like Deity Ye is skipping another grade today.”
Feng Tianlai dabbed at the sweat on his brows. Still, there was a broad smile on his face. He laughed and said, “It’s always good to skip grades, ah. I love watching Deity Ye skip grades.”
Everyone, “… …”
We, too, love to watch him skip grades, ah!
It was close to 6 o’clock when Ye Fei’s live broadcast was finally over.
During those two hours, it could be said that the people on the channel received one shocking revelation after another. To the point that they nearly became numb to it.
When Ye Fei finally turned off his broadcast, staff members from other sections let out a long sigh.
“God in heaven, it’s finally over.”
“I feel like I’d been watching this live broadcast for close to a hundred years. It’s too frightening, ah.”
“So this is Ye Fei’s live broadcast? Isn’t it too crazy?”
“Isn’t it? I think, in order to go against this guy, we could only do as Old Pan suggested and go with the crowd tactic. Otherwise, there is no way our section could ever escape this disaster. That guy is some kind of evil genius.”
“Huge crowd tactic, we must muster all the people we have, otherwise we will lose our ranking. From tomorrow onwards, we shall arrange so that at least two Silver Star Broadcasters come in to perform.”
“We’ll arrange for three.”
“Us too.”
This mob of people had no intention of hiding their strategies from each other. Instead, everyone was openly discussing how to collectively get together to defeat Ye Fei.
Fine Food Section office.
Right now, everyone in the Fine Food Section was filled with unprecedented glee and excitement. Regardless of whether it was Liu Ping who was in charge of counting Ye Fei’s reward props, or other personnel involved in monitoring Ye Fei’s viewers, everyone was flushed with excitement. It was as though they had taken some kind of stimulant.
As for Feng Tianlai, that guy had been floating all around the office. He had no other thoughts but the numbers generated by Ye Fei. He wanted to collate all the data as soon as possible to see just how many records Ye Fei managed to break today.
“Supervisor, I have the final numbers for the viewers on Deity Ye’s channel,” a staff member said excitedly.
Feng Tianlai immediately floated over, “How many?”
“The numbers peaked at 95,283 people.”
“Over 95,000 people? Heavens, ah. For a newcomer, broadcasting at 4pm no less, to be able to garner so many viewers… this is quite unbelievable.”
“Supervisor, Deity Ye had broken another record. He had suppressed our old Deity, Unstoppable Gastronaut.”
“Yes, I remember Unstoppable Gastronaut once broadcasted at 4pm and over 80,000 people turned up, which caused a great sensation on the platform. Thus far, this record had only been broken by people from the Song & Dance and Storytelling Section. Unexpectedly, it is now broken by our own people again. Haha, what a happy occasion.”
While Feng Tianlai was busy being happy, Liu Ping suddenly shrieked, “F*ck! Too scary!!”
His shriek attracted everyone’s attention as they swivelled over to stare at him.
Feng Tianlai loomed up beside Liu Ping.
“How much?”
Liu Ping pointed a shaky hand at the monitor. With trembling lips, he stammered, “S… supervisor, y-y-you see for yourself…”
Feng Tianlai stretched out his neck, then he stretched out his finger to trace over the numbers to calculate them again.
When he was finally done, his entire being fell into a daze.
“My god in heaven, ah. So much?”
Liu Ping was vibrating with excitement. He nodded sharply, saying, “Supervisor, the number is so high that I thought that I must have made a mistake in the first count. So I counted again. Then the third time. I still got the same result.”
Feng Tianlai nodded with a little ‘en’, before giving out his orders, “Those responsible for monitoring Deity Ye’s numbers, listen up. Print out all relevant data. We must let the higher-ups know this. I have a feeling that a storm is coming.”
Hearing Feng Tianlai’s solemn order, nobody dared to slack off as they collated the data and printers began to whirr into life. Finally, the data for Ye Fei’s broadcast was printed out and handed over to Feng Tianlai.
Feng Tianlai received the thick stack of papers. For a long moment, he sat in place, looking through everything to make sure that all relevant information had been included. Finally, he placed everything into a pocket file and headed straight for Manager Zhao Sen’s office.
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Today was the senior management meeting at QQ Platform. The purpose of the meeting was to determine the actual situation of each section and therefore it is mandatory for all the managers to attend.
Zhao Sen was seated at the end of a long table. In fact, this seating arrangement was a little unique. The rank of each section’s performance determines your seat.
Hong Shuangxi, manager of Song & Dance Section was seated at the first seat with Lu Wei, Manager of Storytelling Section, in the second seat. Various other section managers filled in the seats down the ranks until the final seat, where Zhao Sen was currently occupying.
At every meeting, Zhao Sen felt as though he was sitting on a chair made of pins and needles. That’s because during every meeting, the eyes of his fellow colleagues would sneer at him with ridicule and pity.
Though he was unwilling, there was really nothing much he could do. The Fine Food Section had always been inferior to other sections.
Today was the same.
At the other end of the long conference table was Ma Qingyun, the chairman of QQ Platform. He was currently speaking, “Earlier, Manager Lu informed us that several Silver Rank Broadcasters from the Storytelling Section had left us to join DD. Are there any others?”
Hong Shuangxi said, “Chairman, I have something I am not sure whether to bring up or not.”
Ma Qingyun smiled, “If you have something to say, just say it. We are in a meeting today. Speak up so that everyone can discuss and give suggestions or advice.”
Hong Shuangxi coughed and said, “Chairman, everyone, I have just received news that Little Anna, our Song & Dance Gold Star Broadcaster, has joined DD.”
“What? Little Anna has joined DD? How can this be? She is one of the few Song & Dance’s few gold star broadcasters, in fact, she stands out among all the other gold stars. Even she has left?”
“This is terrible. If news of Little Anna joining DD platform is leaked, the entire platform will be shaken.”
“We must keep this under wraps as much as possible.”
“How do you plan to wrap it, ah? Even if we can manage our side, DD will definitely make some kind of announcement.”
“DD Platform is too much.”
“Well, business competition is all about means.”
While everyone was talking about the matter, Ma Qingyun frowned and asked, “Even Little Anna has joined DD. How unexpected. Any others?”
Hong Shuangxi looked awkward, “In fact, nearly all our gold star broadcasters from our section had left to join DD. Moreover, I heard that many of our silver star members are also in talks with DD.”
“Hssssss….”
Everyone could not help but wince at this news.
They had not expected DD Platform to target their silver star broadcasters on top of their gold star broadcasters.
“How long has this been going on?” asked Ma Qingyun.
Hong Shuangxi gave a bitter smile, “This past two days. I planned to give a report this morning, but could not get in touch with you.”
Ma Qingyun answered with a little ‘oh’. He knew that Hong Shuanxi could not contact him because he had turned off his phone for the meeting with Ye Fei this morning. He had wanted to have a good chat with the fellow, but unexpectedly that fellow turned out to be so sensitive. As soon as he brought up a little matter, the guy just left.
“Can you contact them?”
Hong Shuangxi shook his head. “I have tried calling them, but their phones could not be reached. Some calls went through, but no one pick up.”
Ma Qingyun laughed bitterly, “These people have already made up their minds. If that is the case, it will be difficult for us to make them stay.”
“Chairman, I feel that our platform has encountered one of the worse crises since its establishment. What should we do?” Hong Shuangxi asked.
Ma Qingyun said nothing. Instead, he took out a cigarette and lit it up. After breathing in the smoke, he tapped the ashes into an ashtray. “That’s right, ah. This is really a crisis. DD Platform plans to hollow us out. What should we do about this?”
[Gumihou: Woah, so we’re seeing all the top people here.]
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