Everyone on the QQ Live platform is stunned. Lin Chen, you have no sportsmanship!
But they have no evidence. Moreover, even if Tencent and Alibaba join forces, they can't do anything to a semi-official agricultural assistance livestream.
How could I dare?
Is it worth risking the entire company for a live streaming platform?
No way! No way!
The problem now is that QQ Live has returned to the situation where there are no streamers available.
I was originally thinking of letting those streamers who can't be seen in the light earn money to do training behind the scenes, but they've only been training for a few days and now they're needed to go on stage again.
The campus beauties who were recruited by Little Ma are now basically in a daze, since they were promised low workload and high salary.
Why does it look like it's about to go bankrupt now?
They were doing well with the live stream, but suddenly I told them that the business direction had been adjusted and that they needed to undergo training for a while.
Then they found a group of celebrities to do live-streaming e-commerce.
That's understandable, after all, celebrities are more popular and will definitely sell more than themselves, and being a live stream host seems pretty easy.
Before they could even enjoy their happiness for long, all the celebrities went to the rival's house.
The problem is, they won't even let me go live after I finish the run!
If you don't do live-streaming sales, where do the commissions come from? How much money can you make relying solely on a base salary without commissions?
I hope I don't get... killed by that bastard surnamed Ma.
As the saying goes, misfortunes never come singly.
Just as the QQ Live platform was urgently activating these banned and shady streamers.
Suddenly, a team of regulatory officials arrived at the door.
"Hello, we now suspect that your company is illegally employing individuals whose professions are restricted. Please cooperate with our investigation."
The receptionist at Wuyou Live was completely bewildered. She had never seen anything like this before, and felt like she was about to be taken away at any moment.
Then, as if possessed, she blurted out something.
Do you have an appointment?
The regulatory authorities were dumbfounded. Seriously? Is your company that powerful? Do we need to make an appointment to enforce the law?
"No appointment? We are conducting an investigation in accordance with the law. If you try to obstruct us, we will prosecute you for obstructing law enforcement. Please show us your identification."
The receptionist was so startled she almost stammered.
"I...I...I mean, whoever you want to arrest, I can take you in directly without telling you."
The regulatory officials were taken aback upon hearing this, then burst into laughter.
"Haha, little girl, your stance isn't firm enough. Don't be nervous. Alright, just take us to your general manager's office."
The receptionist led the regulatory officials to the general manager's office.
"Knock knock knock..."
"Please come in!"
"Hello, we are from the regulatory bureau. We suspect that you have people who are prohibited from working as live streamers conducting live streams. Please cooperate with our investigation."
The general manager of Wuyou Live panicked. He knew the truth; there was no doubt about it—it was real!
"Comrade, you see, I'm just an employee. Can I make a call to my boss to report this?"
"No! We'll talk about everything after we've finished our investigation and evidence collection. If you make a call now, who knows if you're calling your boss or trying to tip someone off?"
The general manager of Wuyou Live sighed and could only cooperate with the investigation. After all, as he said, he was just a high-level employee, not the boss. At most, he was just aware of the matter but did not report it, not the mastermind.
Moreover, the people from these two regulatory departments had determined eyes and clear goals.
There was no need to verify the identity information of each streamer; the investigation was only focused on the few streamers who had switched from Panda TV.
Soon, these people were taken away to give statements.
The news was leaked by someone, and several outdoor streamers from Panda TV were already staking out the entrance. The news spread online in an instant.
This really stirred up a lot of excitement among netizens.
"Oh my god, I didn't even recognize him. I used to be a fan of this streamer."
"Wow, QQ Live is really good at this! Is this some kind of magic trick?"
"This makeup technique is really good. When will the makeup artist make a tutorial on Douyin? I will definitely double-tap to like and save it."
"What kind of makeup technique is this? This is clearly Eastern sorcery!"
This surge of activity propelled the QQ Live platform to the top of the trending searches.
Tencent and Alibaba's customer service hotlines are being bombarded with calls from various unofficial media outlets.
This in itself isn't big news, but the fact that this company is a collaboration between two of China's biggest internet giants means they have to jump on the bandwagon.
Recently, the entrance to Wuyou Live has been surrounded by tabloid reporters every day, and there are even many outdoor live streamers from the Panda TV platform.
It's made it impossible to operate normally.
The people from Wuyou Live even called Uncle Hat for help, but when Uncle Hat arrived, he found that these reporters were neither causing trouble nor fighting, so there was nothing he could do. In the end, he could only say a few words and then leave.
There was nothing I could do; all these people were pointing cameras at me, and I was scared!
Merchants who originally wanted to approach Wuyou Live for product promotion were hesitant to do so after seeing this situation.
What if it goes bankrupt? I'll have wasted my money. Forget it, I'll just go to Panda TV. I should never be greedy for cheap deals.
In fact, it's obvious to everyone that Wuyou Live's demise was inevitable. It's just that people were hesitant to kick it while it was down because of the power of Tencent and Alibaba.
Otherwise, in the business world, the phenomenon of everyone kicking someone when they're down is all too common. After all, if you fall, all your original markets and resources will belong to us. Who wouldn't want a piece of the pie?
Pony Ma doesn't care. Let Wuyou Live go bankrupt if it wants to, since it has nothing to do with Tencent's main business anyway.
He was prepared to let things take their course with QQ Live at first, and if Jack Ma hadn't approached him, he really wouldn't have wanted to continue investing money in it.
Moreover, the most important thing about this collaboration with Jack Ma was not developing QQ Live; that was just a side effect. The most important thing was recruitment!
There's a saying that goes something like this: What's the most valuable thing in this era? Talent!
But Jack Ma doesn't think so. Worry-free live streaming is an important weapon for Taobao to fight against Pinduoduo. Now that this weapon is useless, does he expect to fight Pinduoduo, which is armed to the teeth, with his bare hands?
But thinking about it, Alibaba is really in a bad situation.
Alipay was originally the number one third-party payment software, but it was surpassed by Huasuan Payment.
Now, even Taobao can't hold onto its position as the number one online shopping platform; it has been surpassed by Pinduoduo.
It's estimated that Alibaba's market value will drop for at least a week. There's no way around it; for investors, the difference between being number one in the industry and not being number one is like heaven and earth.
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