Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 913: Live-Streaming Platforms Following Suit

Liu Liang was very sure that the other live-stream platforms would receive the same message at about the same time: Boss Pei would not form a direct competition with them through Bunny Tail Live-stream.

Liu Liang and these live-stream platforms were old rivals after all. They knew each other very well.

Based on Liu Liang’s understanding of Boss Pei, these words were most likely true.

That was because Boss Pei had always been an open and aboveboard person. He focused on business and rarely lied to his competitors.

Of course, Boss Pei would sometimes mislead his competitors in terms of tactics. However, even then, he would not lie or lie. Instead, he would use a more brilliant method, such as choice of words and ‘partial truths’ to draw the opponent’s attention elsewhere.

Liu Liang felt that the other live-stream platforms would probably relax after hearing Boss Pei’s words and not pursue the matter further.

From the literal meaning, Bunny Tail Live-Stream seemed to be a knowledge-stream platform, similar to online classes.

If this was the model, it would be equivalent to paying for knowledge. For example, the first half of a professor’s series would be free, and the second half would be chargeable. That way, as long as the audience was large enough, he would be able to obtain a good income.

Based on this train of thought, the main competitors for Bunny Tail Live-stream were some websites that sold public lectures and selling knowledge, not other live-stream platforms.

Liu Liang subconsciously thought so too.

However, after interacting with Zhang Yuan for a long time and hearing about Boss Pei’s achievements, Liu Liang suddenly felt that his level was a little shallow.

All of this might seem very reasonable, but for Boss Pei’s actions to seem reasonable in itself was the most unreasonable!

Everyone knew that Boss Pei would definitely do something unique when he first entered a new field. It was the same for takeaways, internet cafes, and gyms.

All of Boss Pei’s business actions were unexpected but reasonable. In other words, his business behavior when he first entered this field was very puzzling. It was only after this model succeeded that people understood it.

On the other hand, Boss Pei’s advancement into the live-stream platform this time did not achieve that shocking effect even though it looked unexpected on the surface.

Did this mean that… Boss Pei’s true business model was still hidden under Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Bunny Tail Live-Stream’s current situation was just a smokescreen?

The more Liu Liang thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss.

The other in-charges of the live-streaming platforms definitely did not think as much as he did. However, Liu Liang might have been under too much pressure at work and thought too much, finding meaning in nothing.

However, he could not stop thinking about it!

“If Boss Pei only wanted to create a knowledge payment platform, why did he have to create a live-stream model with the name ‘XX Live-Stream’? He could have created a public lecture platform like other websites and made video compilation!”

“Boss Pei said that he would not form a direct competitive relationship with us. Then… does that mean that it would form an indirect competitive relationship?”

“Boss Pei must have been optimistic about the future of the live-stream platform before he decided to enter. Just creating a knowledge payment platform is definitely not his ultimate goal. Then, what is his ultimate goal?”

Liu Liang quickly opened Bunny Tail Live-Stream’s website on his computer and studied it carefully.

The interface was very simple and the content of the live-stream was very simple. No matter how one looked at it, it was just a platform that had just started. There did not seem to be anything special about it.

Suddenly, Liu Liang noticed something different: The live-streams of all the live-streamers of Bunny Tail Live-stream were also their personal channels. In other words, their live-streams and videos seemed to be together as one!

These streamers might not have uploaded any videos on their personal channels, but they could imagine the future when these channels were filled with videos.

Obviously, Boss Pei’s Bunny Tail live-stream was not just a live-stream platform. It was more like a combination of live-stream and video platforms!

Compared to traditional live-streaming platforms, Bunny Tail Live-stream had a lot of rich and simplified content. After screening, it could be watched repeatedly by the audience.

Compared to traditional video platforms, Bunny Tail’s live-stream area was more concise. The push contents revolved around the live-stream content that viewers had seen. At the same time, it would be easier to increase the audience’s stickiness if the host and UP Master’s identities were combined.

On top of that, Tengda had a lot of resources on hand. Once the Bunny Tail live-stream was made popular, it might develop rapidly and snowball. It would have a huge impact on all live-stream platforms and even online video websites like Aili Island!

One had to know that Aili Island’s website had only truly risen in fame during the past two years. Boss Pei had already created so many business opportunities. How could they not catch up?

Liu Liang could not help but feel enlightened. “This situation is more in line with Boss Pei’s vision!”

“Could it be that the future development that Boss Pei sees is the integration of many mediums like live-stream platforms, video websites, and even short video platforms?”

“Is that why he entered the live-streaming circle?”

“At the same time, Boss Pei deliberately released fake news in order to appease live-stream platforms like us. He said that Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not form a direct competitiveness with us so that we would let our guards down.”

“That’s true, but only in the early and mid stages! Once Bunny Tail Live-Stream develops quickly and reaches a certain scale, it will definitely have a huge impact on all live-stream platforms and even video websites. At that time, even if Boss Pei doesn’t intend to compete with us, we will definitely be in a bad situation!”

The more Liu Liang thought about it, the more panicked he became.

This idea seemed ridiculous but which of Boss Pei’s previous actions were not ridiculous?

The more ridiculous it was, the more it seemed like something Boss Pei would do!

Liu Liang had been very troubled by the competition between ZZ Live-Stream and other live-stream platforms recently. His mentality was already very unstable. How could he not think too much now that Boss Pei suddenly interfered?

“What should we do? We can’t just sit back and do nothing, right?”

“Hmm… How about we do the same!”

Liu Liang suddenly thought of an idea.

ZZ Live-Stream could do the same!

It was nothing more than using the existing live-stream platform as a foundation to make all the host spaces into their personal channels. Then, they would update the live-stream footage of the host on it!

This function should not be too troublesome to make.

The only problem was that not many people would watch the video. After all, most live-streams were more casual and not as concise as videos. The fun would plummet if they were recorded.

“Boss Pei must have considered this problem as well. What should Boss Pei do then…”

“Raise a group of people to do video editing for these streamers?”

“Yes, that’s most likely the case!”

It would be unrealistic for the streamers to edit their own videos. After all, the streamers were busy with live-streams and did not have much time. Moreover, most of the streamers’ editing skills were not good.

Artificial intelligence Automated editing? The technology had not developed to that level yet. It was unlikely that it would happen in his lifetime.

The only solution was to hire a group of people to help edit the videos.

However, this would involve a key problem: there were so many streamers. It would not be a small sum even if professional editing were only given to the key streamers. Each person would be given a salary of a few thousand yuan. Assuming that only 100 key streamers were given professional editing, it would cost hundreds of thousands of yuan per month. If they were given some performance awards, it would easily be millions of yuan.

They had to spend money to find talents with good editing skills if they wanted the effect to be good after all. Such talents had a wide range of paths to seek employment, and their salaries were generally not low. He could not hope to spend little money if he wanted to hire them.

However, after some consideration, Liu Liang felt that the money was worth it.

He would spend a million yuan every month to bet on the future.

What’s more, it was the future that Boss Pei saw.

At that thought, Liu Liang immediately called his subordinates to his office.

“Develop a new function, quickly!”

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February 28th, Tuesday…

Bunny Tail Live-Stream.

Ma Yang was in a good mood.

Bunny Tail’s live-stream released a promotional video yesterday and it was officially released. Since it officially started airing yesterday, Bunny Tail’s live-stream did not show any signs of lag nor disconnection. In addition, the bullet screen atmosphere was very good, so the viewing experience was very good.

Of course, there was nothing strange about this. After all, they had spent a huge sum of money to buy bandwidth. In fact, the number of viewers who had been directed in was far less than the website’s capacity limit. It would be a miracle if they were able to lag.

Many live-streaming websites had made such a mistake before. They went online in a very popular manner. A few newly poached broadcasters started the live-stream at the same time, wanting to create the illusion that the website was very popular. However, they did not expect that there would be too many viewers and the bandwidth of the website would not be enough. In the end, they were all stuck and no one could watch any live-stream.

Thus, the audience that they had painstakingly gathered were driven away in anger. They even cursed before they left. The loss outweighed the gain.

On the other hand, Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not encounter such a problem at all.

It was not just the first day they were being published. They would probably not fill the bandwidth for a long time to come…

The popularity had obviously decreased even though there were still young scholars and lecturers live-streaming today. It was just as Pei Qian guessed. When the website was first published, many people were just watching for fun. After the popularity passed, a small portion of people thirsty for knowledge was left.

However, from today onwards, some freelance streamers had already joined in. That was because Bunny Tail Live-Stream had very loose restrictions on streamers. Many people saw a new live-stream platform and felt that this would be their chance. They would come over to try if the conditions allowed it.

Ma Yang had never looked at complicated data. To him, it was fine as long as the live-stream website was not lagging.

At that moment, Chen Yufeng walked over in a hurry.

“Boss Ma, I have something to report to you.”

“I just received news from Waiwai Live-Stream that several websites seem to be working on new functions. They want to integrate live-streams and recording videos together, which is to copy the model of Bunny Tail Live-Stream!”

Ma Yang was stunned. “Er… and then?”

Chen Yufeng raised his eyebrows. “Of course, it’s not good! These live-stream platforms have the first mover advantage. They control a large number of streamers and viewers. If they follow the operating mode of Bunny Tail Live-stream brainlessly, they will definitely severely squeeze our living space!”

Ma Yang finally understood and nodded. “I see. The situation is very serious according to you! What should we do?”

Chen Yufeng shook his head slightly. “This is not easy. There are no patents for similar models. Other live-stream platforms can do it if they want to. Why not… we ask Boss Pei!”

Ma Yang was a little unhappy. “Always asking Brother Qian for instructions, making us look like good-for-nothings. We can’t solve any problems.”

“Let’s think of something first!”

Ma Yang and Chen Yufeng stared at each other for five minutes.

Ma Yang picked up his phone. “Forget it, I can’t think of anything. I’ll ask Brother Qian what to do.”