Logically speaking, even though Tail Live’s real data wasn't the same as other live-streaming platforms, it shouldn't have been hyped up so repeatedly, right?
Most viewers only focused on the content of the live streams and wouldn’t pay much attention to the number of viewers in the live stream.
And looking at the wording of these posts, and the replies below them…
It was obvious that someone was trying to stir up trouble!
So who was behind this?
Needless to say, it was probably Zhao Xuming!
Because there were only a few companies with vested interests in Tail Live. Other live-streaming platforms wouldn't buy their own shills to smear themselves, right? Their bosses weren’t President Pei.
And Tail Live itself had never bought shills to hype up its real data.
So the answer was clear. Obviously, Zhao Xuming's side was deliberately stirring up trouble, creating the impression that the iCL League was very popular by exaggerating Tail Live's real data, thereby offsetting the impression that there were too few viewers in the live stream!
But in doing so, he had dragged Tail Live into the mess as well!
Pei Qian was furious.
Why did the companies he partnered with always drag him into things for no reason?
If you want to hype up the iCL League, then just do it. What does it have to do with my Tail Live?
Now, you've offended all the other live-streaming platforms, and Tail Live has been singled out again!
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At the same time.
Yangcheng, ZZ Live headquarters.
Liu Liang paced back and forth in his office, looking very anxious.
"It's starting, it's starting!"
"I knew that after President Pei cooperated with Zhao Xuming, he wouldn't just do the iCL League live stream peacefully; he would definitely cause trouble!"
"This time, he has completely exposed the unspoken rules of the live-streaming industry, a indiscriminate AoE attack!"
"It seems that Zhao Xuming is determined to be on the same boat as President Pei and doesn't care about the attitude of our live-streaming platforms at all?"
Ever since Tail Live obtained the exclusive broadcasting rights for the iCL League, Liu Liang had been paying close attention to it. He naturally noticed the online incident of suspected shills stirring up trouble and exposing the data manipulation of live-streaming platforms as soon as it happened.
Liu Liang couldn't afford to be careless because this matter was directly related to the interests of ZZ Live, Waiwai Live, Wolf Fang Live, and other live-streaming platforms!
The competition between live-streaming platforms had always been very fierce. In order to attract more attention and create more buzz to attract investors, "making data" had become an unspoken rule for all live-streaming platforms. Everyone was doing it, and it was just a matter of who was doing it more outrageously.
Before, it was fine to make data; no one would hold onto it.
Because all the live-streaming platforms were making data, it was just a matter of more or less, and viewers couldn't tell which one was going too far.
All the live-streaming platforms benefited from it, so no one would say anything.
But now, Tail Live, an oddball, had suddenly appeared. Coupled with the fact that some people with ulterior motives were stirring up trouble online, it instantly occupied the moral high ground and launched a brutal AoE attack on all the live-streaming platforms!
In Liu Liang's opinion, President Pei was definitely the mastermind behind this!
Because President Pei was the biggest beneficiary of this incident, and at the same time, President Pei gave people the impression of being resourceful and having everything planned out.
If President Pei bought the exclusive broadcasting rights for the iCL League and only broadcast the matches dryly, he would definitely lose money.
How could President Pei lose money? There must be many backup plans after buying the exclusive broadcasting rights for the iCL League!
And launching a crazy AoE attack on all the live-streaming platforms through the "making data" point was obviously one of the backup plans.
As for Eric and Zhao Xuming, they must also be aware of it.
But what puzzled Liu Liang was that Zhao Xuming knew about it but didn't stop it. Was he not afraid of antagonizing these live-streaming platforms?
Liu Liang's assistant said from the side, "President Liu, I think Zhao Xuming should be more than happy about this!"
"The exclusive broadcasting rights for the iCL League have already been sold. He won't be dealing with our live-streaming platforms in the short term. Besides, when he sold the iCL League broadcasting rights before, he had a lot of friction with us. I guess he's just watching the fire from the other side and gloating."
"What's more, the more popular Tail Live is, the higher the popularity of the iCL League will be."
"So, although Zhao Xuming is standing on Tail Live's side, standing on the opposite side of all the other live-streaming platforms, it's nothing compared to the benefits he's currently getting."
"I think the situation is more unfavorable for us."
"The iCL League is getting better and better. Even if we don't want to admit it, we have to admit it. Are we really going to give up on this popularity?"
Liu Liang was silent.
Indeed, the assistant was right. Now was not the time for Zhao Xuming to beg them to buy the broadcasting rights. Instead, it was the time for other live-streaming platforms to need the iCL League broadcasting rights.
No one dared to doubt President Pei's ability. As long as President Pei wanted to promote Tail Live and the iCL League, he would definitely be able to do it. It was just a matter of time.
If everyone still thought that President Pei had GP.L and wouldn't promote iCL anymore, then the events of the past few days had proved that this was a completely wrong view.
President Pei's attitude was obviously: I want everything!
Then, losing the popularity of the iCL League would be bad news for all the major live-streaming platforms.
Liu Liang considered for a moment, "Do you think... is it possible for President Pei to distribute the broadcasting rights for the iCL League?"
So-called distribution means selling the exclusive broadcasting rights in his hands to others. It depends on his own preference as to who he sells to and how much he sells for. Of course, he still has the broadcasting rights in his own hands, but it is no longer exclusive.
The assistant looked embarrassed: "I think... it's difficult!"
"Generally, distribution is chosen when they feel that they can't make money after taking the exclusive broadcasting rights, or when the expenses and the popularity of the exclusive broadcasting rights are not proportional, in order to recover the costs."
"But who is President Pei?"
"President Pei always does things in a big way. If he doesn't eat, he will eat alone. Now that the iCL League is Tail Live's only exclusive content and is on the rise, he will definitely not sell it now."
"If President Pei really plans to sell, then the price will definitely not be low. We have to be prepared to bleed a lot."
Liu Liang nodded slightly: "Well... we have to bid even if we have to bleed a lot!"
He felt regret, very regret.
If he had known earlier, he would have spent 9 million to buy the iCL League broadcasting rights directly from Zhao Xuming. Now, even if he added three or four million to buy it from President Pei, he might not be able to get it!
But there was no way to do it. No one could predict the future, right?
Two weeks ago, even if someone told Liu Liang that President Pei would spend a lot of money to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights for the iCL League, he would not have believed it at all?
Now it was no longer a question of whether other live-streaming platforms could afford it, but a question of whether President Pei was willing to sell it.
Liu Liang didn't have a good way to deal with it, so he could only continue to wait and see.
But his wait and see was full of anxiety, because the higher the popularity of the iCL League, the lower the possibility of President Pei distributing the iCL League broadcasting rights, and the more expensive it would be for them to buy it.
Liu Liang was also speechless. He could have easily obtained the broadcasting rights for seven or eight million, but now he didn't know how much it would cost to get it!
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March 9, Friday.
Tengda Games.
Chen Yufeng came to the office area and saw that the colleagues in the Tengda Games department were all working hard.
Currently, Tengda Games was still divided into two parts, one responsible for the development of "Mission and Choice" and the other responsible for the daily maintenance and operation of GoG.
Currently, the development of "Mission and Choice" had entered the final stage. It was undergoing final optimization and bug fixes. It was mainly polishing the details, and it was expected to start publicity and preheating next month.
The movie was scheduled to be released during the May Day Golden Week, and the game would be officially released at the same time as the movie.
As for GoG, it was still doing daily updates and maintenance, including the design of new heroes, version balance, and so on.
Chen Yufeng couldn't help but sigh. The game department was indeed worthy of being the elite department of Tengda. It seemed that everyone's focus was very concentrated and their work efficiency was very high!
Tail Live still had to take the Tengda Games department as an example and study hard.
He went straight to Min Jingchao, the current chief designer of GoG.
Min Jingchao was stunned when he saw Chen Yufeng: "Why did you come here in person? It just so happens that the function you wanted has been completed. Let me show it to you."
Min Jingchao opened a small program on his computer.
What was playing on the screen was the game that had just ended yesterday in the GP.L. The OB, commentators, and various post-game segments were all completely consistent with the content broadcast on various live-streaming platforms.
But what was different was that the interface below the screen was showing some real-time data of the game.
For example: the real-time economy of both players, the amount of money on them, the output and damage taken by each member of both teams in a certain team fight, the vision score, and so on.
In addition, you can also query the historical data of these teams, including the first blood rate, the first tower win rate, the hero BP rate and win rate, and so on.
The real-time data of this game and the historical data of the entire team were automatically generated into charts according to a certain format.
For example, the team fight output was a bar chart, the economic distribution was a pie chart, and the economic difference between the two positions and the equipment changes were line charts, and so on.
Moreover, these charts also contained player IDs, hero avatars, and equipment icons, which could be said to be very clear at a glance.
These data have actually been in the background all the time, but they have not been released. Only when the director thinks it is necessary will they be released, mainly because they are afraid of affecting the viewing experience of the audience.
Now, Min Jingchao had arranged for someone to make a simple data interface for Tail Live. In this way, when Tail Live broadcast the GP.L games, it could allow viewers to see these contents in real time.
Chen Yufeng was very happy: "That's great, this is exactly what I wanted!"
"Before President Pei asked Tail Live to broadcast the GP.L League, I had been thinking that other live-streaming platforms have been broadcasting it for so long, and viewers are simply too lazy to switch platforms. Who would come back to Tail Live to watch it?"
"With this data, we should be able to attract a group of relatively hardcore viewers."
"The GP.L League will be broadcast on Tail Live for the first time this Saturday, and the iCL League is also the opening ceremony. It would definitely not be appropriate if the number of viewers in the GP.L League is too embarrassing compared to the iCL League."
"With this small program, there should be no problem! Thank you so much!"
Min Jingchao smiled: "You're welcome, this is all our duty. Feel free to make any requests in the future, and we will definitely be able to meet them!"