The barrage on the screen immediately flooded back.
"Hahaha, Hao Ge is awesome!"
"That's right, why should you leave when he tells you to, and come back when he calls you back!"
"We support Hao Ge's decision, wherever Hao Ge goes, we go!"
"..."
Faced with the barrage from the livestream room, Meng Hao smiled.
Indeed.
He had some grievances with Chen Jintai and Little Broken Station.
However.
He was a businessman.
Impulsive actions always came after maximizing profit.
Since he had now become the most sought-after person across all major social media platforms.
Naturally, he would go to whichever platform offered him substantial benefits.
As for Little Broken Station.
It wasn't impossible for them to keep him.
But.
They had to at least show some basic sincerity.
...
Little Broken Station.
Chen Jintai's conference room.
He looked at the phone with a hung-up call, feeling a sense of loss.
As a successful businessman.
Uncle Chen couldn't remember the last time he had felt such a flustered emotion.
Meng Hao's words, "I'll livestream on Little Broken Station for now, and see which platform offers the most sincerity," churned his mind like a stormy sea.
Damn it.
If he had known Meng Hao possessed such terrifying power.
He should have tried to win him over properly.
He had actually offended such a formidable figure over a paltry sum of ten million.
However.
Things hadn't reached a point of no return.
Chen Jintai rubbed his temples and then picked up the internal line phone on his desk.
"Heads of the Business Department, Public Relations Department, Operations Department, and Technology Department, come to my office..."
"Yes, I'm planning to push forward a key livestream room development plan..."
"Have them come up with how to cooperate with this plan on their way here. The budget is unlimited..."
Since.
The mistake had been made.
All Chen Jintai could do now was to do his utmost and pay a greater price to keep Meng Hao.
...
Kyoto.
Zhang Weimin's office.
Standing before him was a dashing female military officer... his daughter, Zhang Xijin.
With special permission from Elder Ouyang.
Zhang Xijin was rapidly inducted into the military and was granted the rank of lieutenant, officially becoming her father's assistant.
"Xijin, your main job is to liaise with Meng Hao!"
"As your father, I'm fine with piloting fighter jets and defending the country's borders, but it's really difficult for me to mingle with young people."
"Therefore, the superior officers' intention is for me to remain responsible for the main decision-making and liaison work with Meng Hao and Huarong Industries... while the daily relationship maintenance work will be handled by you young people."
Huh?
Just for this?
She was directly recruited into the military, given the rank of lieutenant, and became a subordinate to her own father!
The sudden shift in her status over the past few days left Zhang Xijin somewhat bewildered.
However.
Her main job was to liaise with Meng Hao and maintain relations with Huarong Industries.
This job seemed pretty good.
Zhang Xijin had already been full of admiration for Meng Hao.
Now.
Being ordered by her father to interact with Meng Hao... wasn't this a legitimate excuse to see a handsome man?
Well.
The work must be completed with quality and quantity, and seeing a handsome man should not be delayed.
A win-win situation.
This job was simply perfect.
As father and daughter were talking, a civilian military officer knocked and entered.
"Officer."
"Meng Hao has started his livestream again."
"He's still pre-selling the power mechs!"
Zhang Weimin nodded, signaling the subordinate to leave.
Then, he turned his gaze to Zhang Xijin.
"Daughter."
"Go to his livestream room."
"You previously promised to sell 1000 mechs to the military. You can take this opportunity to purchase them in the livestream room!"
...
At this moment in the Huarong Industries livestream room.
The host, Mech Ji, Qin Muyan, had already taken over Meng Hao's role and was serving as the host to manage the livestream.
However.
The viewers didn't seem to pay much attention to Mech Ji's earnest efforts.
Their focus was still on Chen Jintai personally calling to apologize and the bosses of social media platforms across the web expressing their apologies to Meng Hao.
"Holy crap, what's Hao Ge's background!"
"How terrifying is Hao Ge's background?"
"Does it even matter if Hao Ge is still a military enterprise... Damn it, even a regular military enterprise wouldn't be able to make the bosses of all social media platforms act so timid!"
"What the heck, everyone, I just realized that all the negative news about Hao Ge online is gone... Whether it was about suppressing Huarong Industries or slandering Hao Ge, not a single bit can be found online."
"Don't talk about the whole internet, haven't you noticed that since Chen Jintai finished his call with Hao Ge just now, the paid trolls in the livestream room who were suppressing and criticizing Hao Ge have also disappeared!"
"Holy crap."
"It's true."
"Hao Ge's influence is simply too terrifying."
"It's simply too outrageous."
"..."
...
At this moment in Zhang Weimin's office.
His daughter, Zhang Xijin, brought over an external network computer.
After tinkering for about ten minutes.
She entered the livestream room on Little Broken Station.
"Oh."
"Your generation's technology is truly advanced."
"Hmm, this is Meng Hao, I recognize him... Strange, why isn't he as handsome as he is in person!"
Zhang Xijin watched her usually strict father transform into a country bumpkin like Liu姥姥 entering the Grand View Garden, and couldn't help but chuckle as she explained to him.
Things like not using beauty filters!
Things like the wide-angle lens distortion affecting facial features!
Things like no lighting to enhance appearance!
Zhang Weimin's mind was a mess.
Damn it.
This was too complicated.
It was harder than piloting a fighter jet.
"Forget it, forget it."
"Let's not babble anymore."
"Just tell me how I can get in touch with Meng Hao."
Pfft.
Zhang Xijin was amused.
"Dad."
"Don't you have Meng Hao's phone number?"
"Just call him directly!"
"Trying to get in touch with him in the livestream room is probably a bit difficult!"
Ah?
Zhang Weimin was even more confused.
Of course, he knew Meng Hao would definitely answer if he called.
However, the superiors' requirement was to maintain daily contact with Meng Hao.
What kind of relationship maintenance was calling every day?
Naturally, it was through the young people's methods, letting his daughter mingle with Meng Hao!
"No calls."
"Direct network contact."
"Also, these will be your jobs from now on."
To cover up his ignorance of the internet, Zhang Weimin deliberately put on a stern face.
Zhang Xijin blinked and stopped teasing her father.
"This Huarong Industries livestream room has a channel with over a million viewers."
"Even if a hundred thousand people comment simultaneously, one sentence each, that's a hundred thousand messages."
"Tell me, Dad, do you think it's possible to attract Meng Hao's attention amidst a hundred thousand people?"
Zhang Weimin blinked, feeling that his daughter was right.
"Then what should we do?" he asked.
Zhang Xijin directly opened the gift interface and scrolled to the last page.
"According to the rules of online livestreams."
"Users who send large gifts are considered patrons."
"Streamers are usually more polite to patrons and can therefore converse with them!"