Chapter 49 Signing the Contract
After the live stream ended that day, An Jin's number of followers on the platform reached 50,000.
This level of attention is insignificant on the Tadpole Video platform.
Tadpole Video focuses on short videos, with hundreds of thousands or even millions of bloggers. If you throw a stone, you can hit several bloggers with millions of followers.
Despite having only a small amount of attention, An Jin easily became famous in the League of Legends gaming section of Tadpole Video.
Not only did they become famous, they also went beyond their circle of influence.
Regardless of how they became famous or how the public comments after they became famous, they have become famous and gained public attention.
Lisa looked at Weixin, who was still not moving, with some anxiety.
Four days have passed since she sent the invitation, and An'an can't sleep. The streamer acts as if nothing happened, going live and going offline normally every day, and the revenue is incredibly high.
A new streamer who has been live streaming for less than a month has already achieved a stable daily revenue of 50,000 yuan from gifts.
Lisa took a deep breath and was about to get up to pour herself a glass of water when her computer gave her a soft "ding-dong" sound.
—This is a notification sound from WeChat.
Lisa opened WeChat and looked at her list of friend requests that hadn't been received in a long time.
Her heart was in her throat. An'an, who had kept her up for four whole days, finally gained her trust.
Why would I drink water like this?
Lisa put down her water glass, sat in front of the computer, and began to communicate with An'an about her insomnia.
Lisa: Hello, I'm Lisa, the manager of Tadpole Video Live Streaming Department. Are you having trouble sleeping, An'an?
After finishing her live stream, An Jin sat on the sofa and replied: Yes, that's me.
Lisa received the confirmation and breathed a sigh of relief. She immediately moved on to the stage of winning people's hearts and minds, and began copying and pasting the company's sales pitch.
After receiving the message and the document, An Jin carefully opened and read them through.
This is similar to what the guilds give to trick streamers; it's all just platitudes.
However, these things are not important.
An Jin has already had a lawyer review the contract, and there are no obvious loopholes. The timing of the signing is also normal.
The platform provides a base salary, pays social security contributions, and splits gifts 30/70 after tax.
The company has a finance department, but it pays less tax than An Jin did when she was a personal livestreamer.
The platform will give priority to signed streamers when it has events, and streamers should also actively participate in platform events. Streamers are not allowed to publish live videos or clips on other platforms.
It's all pretty normal; in the livestreaming industry, this is considered a good contract.
The most important things are written in the contract. What Lisa is saying to Anjin now is what Lisa can do for Anjin within her authority.
This includes, but is not limited to, promoting An Jin.
— An Jin doesn't need to spend money to recharge in the backend. As a supervisor, Lisa has a traffic quota given by the company. However, this quota is usually fixed. Other supervisors will inevitably give more traffic to the streamers who make money.
One advantage Lisa has over other managers is that she's a newcomer with no anchors under her, so she can give all of her quota to Anjin.
Traffic is a good thing. An Jin was able to become popular so quickly by riding on Jiang Jinhan's popularity, so when Lisa offered her terms, she was even more tempted.
However...
It's one thing to be moved, it's another.
Even buying vegetables at the market involves haggling, let alone signing a three-year indenture with An Jin. She'll definitely have to think it over carefully.
An'an can't sleep: Are there any other benefits?
Of course there are more.
Lisa's face showed a confident look, like a fish that had taken the bait. She typed to An Jin: "Yes, An An. In the second half of this year, the platform will be holding a big event in the Alliance Games section in conjunction with the official game. I can't tell you the specific details of the event, but I can tell you that the prize money is two million."
As expected, the "uncle party" is really helpful.
Lisa was still typing: This event is not just a collaboration between our platform and the official team; it also involves two other platforms. It's a group event for streamers. In addition to the prize money from our platform, there will be a national streamer competition with prize money jointly sponsored by the game's official team and the three platforms, with a total prize pool of up to five million.
An Jin didn't quite understand what Lisa was saying, probably because Lisa was too excited and her thoughts were too jumpy, making it difficult for the onlookers to keep up.
However, there was one thing An Jin understood.
An'an can't sleep: So, the total prize money for this event is two million from our platform plus five million from the official team?
Lisa: Yes, that's right.
An Jin thought in surprise that the alliance and platform were being a bit too extravagant.
In professional esports leagues, the prize money for winning a global championship is only around five or six million.
That's a share split among all the team members and the owner.
Why are the prize money for a live streamer event so high these days?
Generally speaking, if a game company collaborates with a streamer to organize an event, giving away more than a million yuan is considered generous.
An Jin was puzzled, so she directly asked Lisa, an insider: Why are the bonuses so high? And what's the difference between platform bonuses and official bonuses?
Lisa quickly replied: This isn't a simple promotional event or streamer activity; it's more of an amateur streamer competition, with not only streamers but also professional players participating. As for why the platform prize money and the official prize money are calculated separately, I can't explain that to you right now, because the event is still in the planning stages and I can't disclose it to anyone other than internal staff.
An Jin understood; she was always good at grasping the key points.
The phrase "amateur streamer competition" speaks volumes. The organizers and platform clearly intend to create a tournament similar to that of professional players, inviting streamers and professional players to compete, with players advancing and being eliminated through matches.
The three platforms will first have an internal battle to determine the winner or top three. Then, they will draw lots to determine another round of competition. Finally, the top three will be determined in the final round and win a grand prize of five million yuan sponsored by the three platforms and the official organizers.
An Jin figured that the platform's two million and the official's five million should be split as long as they made it into the top three.
In fact, if the organizers and platforms were more generous, even if you kept losing after participating, you could still get a consolation prize.
Lisa seemed hesitant and didn't say anything, but in reality, she had already revealed quite a bit of inside information.
An Jin guessed that either Lisa was genuinely new to the position and didn't know any better, or she was very aware of the situation and was subtly revealing her hand to An Jin.
Lisa, who knows so much inside information, must have a recommendation slot for this event.
An Jin had watched a lot of live streams and followed esports events in her previous life. For large-scale events launched by the platform, all the participants were usually determined just before the official announcement.
Even within the same platform and the same category of streamers, there are different levels of talent and status.
Celestial Dragon: Official streamer.
Upper Class: A wildly popular guild streamer.
Average level: Guild streamer.
Inferior class: Individual live streamers.
As for why official streamers don't have the "viral" prefix, the reason is simple: any streamer that gets noticed by the official team is genuinely popular.
The term "viral guild streamer" is easier to understand; literally, it refers to a streamer who has signed with a guild.
Next are the largest group: streamers who have signed with guilds but aren't very popular, and freelancers.
Free people are the freest, but also the hardest to be.
Just like An Jin, she was a freelancer before, but after she became successful, her first thought was to sign a contract with the platform.
It's good to have a big tree to lean on for shade.
In many cases, as a freelancer, even if you succeed, without signing with a union or platform, it's easy for your career to slowly decline after its initial explosive success.
No matter how much money you spend on the platform's backend to boost traffic, the platform will prioritize its own streamers, followed by streamers from guilds that cooperate with the platform, and only then will it reach you.
Just like the activities that Lisa has revealed now, An Jin would have no way of knowing the inside information if she didn't have a guild.
By the time the platform officially announces the event, it's too late; streamers who knew in advance have already started contacting their teammates and making preparations.
After thinking for a long time, An Jin decided to go straight to the point.
An'an can't sleep: If I sign a contract with you, can you guarantee that I will definitely be able to participate in this event?
Lisa smiled slightly and said confidently: Of course.
An'an can't sleep: Well then, I wish us a pleasant collaboration in the future.
Lisa: It's a pleasure working with you.
The two foxes, who had been arguing for almost two hours, smiled with satisfaction at the same time they saw each other's messages.
2:30 a.m.
Lisa dialed the company's legal department.
3:30 a.m.
An Jin's contract was entered into the company's database, and a message flashed on the phone of the sleeping live streaming department manager.
Four o'clock in the morning.
Lisa got into the car to go home.
In the information age, everything moves so fast.
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