"Something's not simple. What's not simple about it?"
Ye Chen asked curiously.
"Michaela's boyfriend, Kong Ruian, is not only a top influencer on Bilibili, but also across the entire internet, with a total of 20 to 30 million followers!"
Bilibili executives explained to Ye Chen.
“Previously, Kong Ruian was exclusively signed by Bilibili, but the end of this month is the expiration date of our contract with Kong Ruian. Whether he will renew the contract or not has not yet been determined.”
“If we ban Michaela, Kong Ruian’s girlfriend, at this time, he might switch to another website.”
Kong Ruian is one of Bilibili's top influencers, with countless fans on the platform alone. If Kong Ruian were to switch platforms, it would likely result in a loss of users.
"Moreover, Kong Ruian's backer is quite powerful, seemingly even more so than Bilibili."
Finally, a Bilibili executive added that even he didn't know exactly who Kong Ruian's backer was, but he had heard that they were very powerful.
Offending Kong Ruian's backer is definitely not a wise move!
"Michaela is Kong Ruian's girlfriend."
Ye Chen muttered to himself, and now he finally understood why the name Michaela sounded somewhat familiar to him at first.
As top influencers on Bilibili and across the entire internet, Kong Ruian and Ye Chen were familiar with each other.
Just as the Bilibili executives were reporting to Ye Chen, Michaela had already found her boyfriend, Kong Ruian.
Michaela cried her eyes out in front of Kong Ruian, even turning the tables and accusing him of plagiarism. She kept crying about how wronged she was, and finally, Michaela begged her boyfriend to stand up for her.
Although Kong Ruian had some doubts about his girlfriend's words, he eventually couldn't resist Michaela's pleading and nodded in agreement.
Kong Ruian took out his phone and directly contacted a mid-to-high-level leader at Bilibili whom he knew, hoping that he could help ban Zhao Shuxuan's account and blacklist her.
The mid-to-high-level leader agreed to help and then went to get things done.
"Don't worry, it won't be long before Zhao Shuxuan, who bullied you, is finished. She'll be banned from Bilibili."
After finishing the call, Kong Ruian comforted Michaela, who was standing next to him.
"Darling, you're so good."
Hearing her boyfriend say that, Michaela stopped crying and a smug smile appeared on her face.
Haha, isn't Zhao Shuxuan's brother arrogant? Soon, Zhao Shuxuan's Bilibili account will be banned!!!
Haha, then it will be the time when Zhao Shuxuan and her arrogant younger brother cry.
Back then, if they came crying and begging for her forgiveness, she might have considered it.
Michaela secretly gloated.
Two or three minutes later, Kong Ruian received a call from a Bilibili executive he knew.
"Am I right? It's only been a little over two minutes and the matter is already settled. Your boyfriend has a very high status on Bilibili and online."
After glancing at his phone, Kong Ruian proudly showed it off to his girlfriend.
"That's right." Feeling that her boyfriend had taken care of things, Michaela was incredibly proud. It was great to have such a capable boyfriend.
"Hello, Manager Li, how's the situation?"
Kong Ruian answered the phone with great confidence.
Just as Kong Ruian was waiting for good news from Manager Li, Manager Li's words left Kong Ruian dumbfounded.
"What did you say? You can't handle this? Zhao Shuxuan has a vice president from Bilibili behind her, and they're even going to blacklist Michaela?!"
Kong Ruian was dumbfounded after hearing what Manager Li said; this was a situation he had not anticipated.
This vice president was the senior executive at Bilibili whom Ye Chen had contacted. Manager Li was only a mid-to-senior level executive at Bilibili, not a true senior executive. His investigation could only find out which senior executive in the company issued the order; he had no right to ask the vice president for details.
"What?! The vice president?!"
Michaela was equally stunned.
This is terrible.
Kong Ruian was restless; he stood up and paced back and forth in the room.
"Manager Li, please tell the higher-ups at Bilibili that our contract is about to expire. There are many websites offering huge sums of money to poach me. If they try to blacklist my girlfriend, I'm going to switch jobs."
"If they don't blacklist Michaela, this matter will end here, and we can still discuss the contract."
Kong Ruian gritted his teeth. This crucial moment was in his favor. Kong Ruian had originally wanted Bilibili to offer him better benefits in his contract, but he was just worried about how to bring it up.
Now he has an excuse.
Anyway, his backers are even more powerful than Bilibili, so he's confident. If all else fails, he can just go to another platform.
For his own benefit and for his girlfriend's sake, he's going to stand up for himself this time!
"All right."
Meanwhile, in the vice president's office, just as the vice president finished speaking with Ye Chen, a senior executive in charge of contracts came to report that Kong Ruian had "pressured" the vice president.
Now, the vice president's worst fears have come true.
If they were to hand over Kong Ruian to other websites, it would be a significant loss for them. In a more serious scenario, offending Kong Ruian's financial backers would make things even more complicated.
The vice president told Ye Chen about it.
The vice president also hoped that the matter would be dropped.
"Goodness."
Ye Chen was laughed at.
She's just an internet celebrity with tens of millions of followers. Does she really think she's some kind of big shot because of all the hype and praise she gets from them?!
Now they're actually putting pressure on him instead?!
That's it?!
It's ridiculous! His family was bullied and even mocked over the phone, and he just let it go like that?!
How is that possible!
Ye Chen originally had no intention of doing anything to Kong Ruian, but now that he's willingly "courting death," Ye Chen will grant his wish!
"From this moment forward, ban Kong Ruian and Michaela from the entire internet!!!"
Ye Chen announced it directly.
Does Kong Ruian really think his influence is limited to Bilibili?!
Does Kong Ruian think that just because he has a more powerful backer than Bilibili, he has the right to put pressure on him?!
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