Chapter 384: Boring Short Video’s Revenue

As Li Chang and Lin Guangqing spoke, they had already picked up the pens on the table and signed the contract.

“Welcome, welcome!”

“From today on, you’re officially members of BL Gaming Club. Let’s work together to bring glory to the club.”

Yao Beiguo stood up with a smile as he saw the two finish signing.

“General Manager Yao, we’ll do our best.”

Li Chang and Lin Guangqing nodded earnestly. After the conversation just now, they understood that even if they didn’t make it as professional players in the end, they would still have a place as coaches within the club.

Barring any unexpected events, they would likely stay with the club for the long haul.

That meant the club’s success or failure would directly impact their own futures, so of course they were determined to give it their all.

The group sat in the office and chatted for a while longer.

Afterward, Yao Beiguo walked them out of the office.

“Go get ready. You can bring your luggage and move into the club dorms anytime.”

“Got it, General Manager Yao.”

Li Chang and Lin Guangqing said their goodbyes and left BL Gaming Club.

They still needed to pack and take care of a few personal matters.

Watching them leave, Yao Beiguo turned and knocked on the door of the Deputy Manager’s office.

“All done. So? Did they sign?”

Tao Ze looked up and asked calmly as Yao Beiguo entered.

Yao Beiguo smiled and sat down across from him, casually picking up the teapot on the table and pouring himself a cup of tea.

“With the terms we’re offering, only a fool would turn us down.”

“They’ve signed. They’ll probably move in within two days.”

“How’s it going on your end?”

Yao Beiguo took a small sip of tea and looked up at Tao Ze.

“Same here.”

Tao Ze nodded.

“Seems like we’re making decent progress recruiting retired pro players. But for Extreme Survival, we’ll have to recruit from among the amateur players.”

Yao Beiguo set his teacup down. Extreme Survival was a new game, so there were no retired pros to draw from.

Tao Ze thought for a moment, then spoke in a measured tone.

“Didn’t Sky Pavilion Gaming Club host an offline tournament? We could check out the footage and see if any standout players are worth looking into.”

“That won’t work. The standout players from that tournament were already snatched up by other clubs.”

Yao Beiguo shook his head.

He had recently reached out to someone at Sky Pavilion Club and learned that by the time the Extreme Survival offline tournament had entered its later stages, many clubs had already begun forming their own teams for the game.

In fact, even before the tournament ended, club representatives had started contacting the top-performing players.

At this point, anyone left from that tournament was basically the leftovers—players the other clubs had passed on.

There was no real value in trying to recruit them now.

“Sigh, then we’ll just have to bring in fresh faces and train them from the ground up.”

Tao Ze let out a sigh.

“That’s our only option. But Extreme Survival is still a new game. Sky Pavilion just hosted their offline tournament, and it’ll be a while before they organize another one. President Chen hasn’t announced any plans for a tournament either, so there’s no need to rush. We can take our time with recruitment.”

“At the current pace, we should have the entire club roster filled within a month.”

Yao Beiguo estimated based on the current recruitment progress.

“A month, huh? That sounds about right.”

“Once recruitment is complete, it’ll be time to start our promotional campaign. August is just around the corner, and in October, two games will be holding their winter tournaments.”

“We need to speed things up and get the word out before the tournaments start. Build some hype. Then, when the winter season begins, our pro teams can make their debut.”

Tao Ze spoke quickly and decisively.

“Isn’t that cutting it a bit close? In two months, the teams will probably still be in the adjustment phase. I doubt we’ll see any strong results in the competitions.”

Yao Beiguo voiced his concern.

“No, we have to act fast. If we wait too long, the hype will die down. We must strike while interest is at its peak and get our teams into the spotlight.”

“That way, the audience will be more invested. Regardless of the results, it’ll help put BL Gaming Club on the map.”

“As for rankings, that’s not the priority.”

Tao Ze slowly shook his head. Hype naturally fades over time. If they waited until the buzz was gone to compete, it would be pointless.

Inside the office, the two continued discussing the club’s future development plans.

……………

At Boring Short Video,

Li Shen and Wu Yu sat in the office, reviewing the recent data report from their Educational Live Stream segment.

As Li Weiwei’s team shifted their promotional strategy to an online task-based model, the pace of Educational Live Stream began to pick up rapidly.

More and more people started joining as part-time Educational Live Stream hosts, with nearly 80% of them being students from Teacher-training university.

After several rounds of adjustments and changes, they restructured the system to make the teaching more professional. They divided the live streams by subject, allowing each host to focus on just one subject.

This way, the teaching could be more targeted, and hosts could answer questions more effectively during the live sessions.

Otherwise, it was a mess—some viewers would ask about English, others about math, and still others about physics. In a single live stream room, questions from multiple subjects could come flooding in. If the audience was small, it was manageable, but once the numbers grew, the host simply couldn’t keep up.

It made the whole live teaching experience chaotic.

But after the adjustment, that problem disappeared.

Now, each live stream room focused on just one subject and only answered questions related to that subject. This made things much easier for the hosts.

It also meant that a single host could now handle a much larger audience.

Following the reform, they conducted an online survey. The results came back overwhelmingly positive, with near-unanimous praise.

After a while, Li Shen set the documents in his hand aside, turned to Wu Yu, and smiled with a hint of delight.

“Not bad at all. Thanks to our recent promotions, Educational Live Stream has reached over 80,000 viewers. And according to the data in this report, that number is still climbing.”

Hearing this, Wu Yu also set down the report in his hands, his face lighting up with joy.

“Looks like our decision to focus on Academic Subject Live Streams was absolutely the right move. Just from selling study materials, stationery, and so on through these streams, we’ve already made a profit of 500,000 this month.”

That 500,000 wasn’t the total sales revenue from the live streams. It was the cut that Boring Short Video received after selling the materials and deducting the hosts’ share.

So the 500,000 was pure income for Boring Short Video.

The actual sales revenue had already reached several million. With over 80,000 viewers, the total spending amounted to several million.

It just went to show how willing parents were to spend money on their children’s education.

“This is great news. I need to report this to President Chen!”

Li Shen smiled in satisfaction. While 500,000 might not be much for the entire Mingri Group, it was definitely a big win for Boring Short Video.

“Mm. I’ve already had the team prepare a report and send it up,” Wu Yu replied with a nod.