Chapter 1 A Plan Takes Shape

This plan quickly took shape in Pei Qian's mind.

The most valuable thing about the Cold Noodles Girl's food lab was actually the stall owners from all over the country.

These stall owners had been selected by countless foodies, and each of them had a unique skill or two. If they were allowed to mess around in the food lab, as long as they turned their unique skills into quantifiable, standardized assembly line operations, Cold Noodles Girl could continuously launch new dishes, and the stores would continue to expand.

But what if Pei Qian used a "Snack Market" to intercept these excellent stall owners?

Give them better treatment, let them set up stalls in the Snack Market with peace of mind, and even if their business was good, the money they earned would be within a controllable range.

Moreover, this approach was reasonable and completely justifiable.

Pei Qian couldn't suppress a certain department without evidence, and he couldn't do anything unreasonable. But if he supported another department that made less money, objectively weakening the original department, that would be fine.

Because everyone would think that it was because President Pei had different focuses and goals, and they wouldn't think that President Pei was deliberately making things difficult.

The more stall owners Cold Noodles Girl found, the more stall owners the Snack Market poached. In this way, even if it couldn't completely prevent Cold Noodles Girl from making money, it could at least greatly delay the process of making money.

Pei Qian felt that this plan was worth trying.

The only question was, who should be in charge of this project?

Pei Qian carefully considered it and felt that he still had to dismantle Cold Noodles Girl from the inside.

The current head of Cold Noodles Girl was Qi Yan, who used to assist Meng Chang and was responsible for advertising and marketing. Her control over Cold Noodles Girl shouldn't be particularly strong.

And the most suitable person to be in charge of the Snack Market project was definitely Qi Yan's direct subordinate.

Because with Qi Yan as her immediate boss, the direct subordinate wouldn't see her own promotion opportunities. But once she became the head of the Snack Market, on the same level as Qi Yan, she would definitely try her best to achieve results and weaken Cold Noodles Girl.

Pei Qian immediately decided to go to the company and ask the human resources department to check the current personnel structure of the entire Cold Noodles Girl, to see who was the most suitable person to be in charge of the Snack Market.

Of course, this couldn't be rushed.

After all, Cold Noodles Girl was still in a state of loss, and even if it might make money in the future, it would definitely not happen in three or five days.

So Pei Qian had to study it more, and it wouldn't be too late to finalize the candidate and assign him tasks tomorrow or the day after.

...

4:50 PM.

Shanghai, headquarters of Wolf Fang Live.

Zhu Yan was in his vice president's office, waiting for the premiere of the iCL League on Wolf Fang Live.

The news of the iCL League's sublicensing had spread all over the internet yesterday and caused heated discussions online.

Some netizens said that President Pei was really a planner, not only getting the broadcast rights for free but also making a lot of money on this basis. He was truly a money-making genius.

Some netizens also said that President Pei was obviously a little too eager to sell. The exclusive broadcast of the iCL League was a fat piece of meat, and he could have taken a few more bites.

Of course, the netizens' discussions were all hearsay, all from unofficial sources, and they knew nothing about the details of the contract.

Most netizens' enthusiasm for this matter only lasted for a day before gradually fading away.

After all, for most people, it was good news that several live streaming platforms had obtained the broadcast rights of the iCL League, so they could watch it on their favorite live streaming platform.

Although the viewing experience on Rabbit Tail Live was also good, many viewers had their own favorite live streaming platform, and it was uncomfortable to switch to Rabbit Tail Live.

Zhu Yan was very sure that after Wolf Fang Live premiered the iCL League, it would definitely gain some popularity.

Because many old viewers of Wolf Fang Live had originally gone to Rabbit Tail Live to watch the iCL League. Now that Wolf Fang Live also had the same content, why would they go to Rabbit Tail Live? They could just watch it on Wolf Fang Live.

The return of this part of the audience would definitely make Wolf Fang Live's data look better.

Soon, the time came to 5 o'clock, and the broadcast of the iCL League officially began!

Like other live streaming platforms, the iCL League's live broadcast on Wolf Fang Live was 30 seconds slower than Rabbit Tail Live.

Originally, there was a promotional page countdown before the start of the game, but if the countdown didn't match the system time, it would be easy to expose. So the Dragon Universe Group specially produced a 30-second-long opening.

After the game officially started, this opening would be played first, and then the official live broadcast screen would be entered.

Although this was still a bit stiff, it should be no problem to fool 90% of the audience.

Soon, the first game officially began!

Zhu Yan didn't quite understand the ioi game, but the moBA game was relatively easy to understand compared to fps and war chess games. Killing people, destroying towers, and pushing bases, the power comparison between the red and blue sides was clear at a glance. Even people who didn't quite understand the game mechanism could barely watch the excitement.

While watching the game, Zhu Yan checked the changes in the popularity of the live broadcast room from the data backend.

The audience in the live broadcast room saw a popularity of 2 million, but this was obviously fake, and the actual number of viewers was only more than 20,000.

Zhu Yan found this actual number acceptable, as it was within his expectations.

Originally, on Rabbit Tail Live, the number of viewers of the iCL League was only about 70,000 to 80,000. Now that it was distributed to six live streaming platforms, the number of people was definitely severely diluted.

Of course, Wolf Fang Live also had a part of relatively loyal viewers who didn't watch it before because the iCL League was exclusively broadcast on Rabbit Tail. Now that they found that their own platform also had the iCL League, they would also come to take a look. This group of people couldn't be underestimated.

But after all, it was only the first day, and there wouldn't be many people.

Zhu Yan was very satisfied with having more than 20,000 viewers.

The barrage in the live broadcast room was very dense. After all, more than 20,000 viewers were enough to fill the screen with barrages, plus the quick barrages and barrages sent by robots, the entire live broadcast room seemed very lively.

The popularity of 2 million gave people the feeling that the iCL League was very popular.

Zhu Yan was very satisfied with this. It seemed that buying the broadcast rights of the iCL League was the right decision, and it had a very obvious effect on improving the popularity of the entire Wolf Fang Live website!

However, just as he was feeling smug, he suddenly saw a few not-so-harmonious barrages float by.

"Holy crap! It's going to be a comeback!"

"This wave of team fights lost!"

"Laughing to death, this mid-lane is too criminal, a hardcore war criminal!"

"Next, everyone, please take a good look at the wonderful performance of this brother in the mid-lane! You can't make this kind of operation without ten years of cerebral thrombosis!"

Zhu Yan was completely confused by this wave of barrages.

What's the situation?

On the live broadcast screen, the two sides were pulling and probing on the map, constantly entangled, and hadn't fought at all?

So what did this wave of barrages mean?

His doubts were quickly answered, because a team fight suddenly broke out, and the heroes who were constantly pulling and throwing skills wildly, and the situation on the field changed instantly!

One of the teams had already gained a good economic advantage, but in this team fight, the mid-lane hero of this team threw a set of combos extremely smoothly, but they all hit the air, and none of them hit!

After this suffocating blind operation, the opponent immediately seized the opportunity to fight back, first killing this cerebral hemorrhage mid-lane, and then taking advantage of the victory to kill three other members of the opponent, and then in one fell swoop, they attacked the opponent's high ground and broke through a road, and the situation on the field instantly reversed 180 degrees!

Now Zhu Yan understood what those barrages were saying.

They were talking about this wave of team fights that happened 30 seconds later...

Of course, strictly speaking, this wave of team fights had already happened, but because Wolf Fang Live was delayed by 30 seconds, there was such a time difference.

These idle viewers were obviously opening two live broadcast rooms at the same time, Rabbit Tail Live and Wolf Fang Live, and after seeing the comeback there, they immediately ran here to spoil it!

After this wave of team fights, the barrage in the live broadcast room was soon filled with question marks.

"??????"

"What do you mean, spoilers?"

"Damn, why are you faster than me?"

"What's going on?"

"Spoiler dogs go to hell!"

Those players who were spoiled in advance like Zhu Yan were all so angry that they sent barrages to angrily scold them.

This is like a college student who is concentrating on watching a football game, and the players on both sides are constantly passing the ball and pulling, suddenly, there is a burst of cheers from the dormitory outside!

Then after a dozen seconds, his own live broadcast screen scored a goal!

This kind of spoiler can make people who are watching the live broadcast vomit blood.

Although the iCL League is different from football, the angry emotions after being spoiled are absolutely the same.

Most people like to watch live broadcasts instead of replays, because "what is happening in real time at the moment" is meaningful, while "what has already happened" is not so meaningful.

Now, the live broadcast is inexplicably 30 seconds slower, how uncomfortable is that!

Of course, if you watch the game yourself, the 30-second delay is not a big problem, but the key is that many people who watch the live broadcast watch it with barrages on!

If you are spoiled by the barrage, the viewing experience will be completely ruined.

Moreover, there are many people who are so bored, and it is a disgusting behavior, but they enjoy it.

Some people will even open several live streaming platforms at the same time, and after seeing the comeback on Rabbit Tail Live, they will copy the same words and spread them on several live streaming platforms, highlighting the fact that they are harming others and not benefiting themselves!

These people frantically spoil and affect the viewing experience of other viewers, and other viewers will naturally attack them in groups and angrily scold them.

And while scolding, they will naturally also include the official Wolf Fang Live.

"What a garbage platform, why is it slower than others?"

"People have already finished a wave of team fights, and you're still pulling?"

"Speed it up! Scumbag!"

Looking at the barrage filling the screen, Zhu Yan was dizzy.

How could this be!

Although he had bought some broadcast rights before, he had never signed a similar clause of "delaying the broadcast by 30 seconds." Because this was the first time he had signed it, he didn't think too much about it, and felt that 30 seconds was harmless.

Now he found that, how was this harmless? It was obviously very harmful!

The audience was about to revolt!

While the barrage was spoiling, Zhu Yan watched helplessly as the real number of viewers in the live broadcast room quickly plummeted from 27,000 to 23,000, and a large number of people ran away in an instant.

Obviously, these people were annoyed by the spoilers and ran to other platforms to find faster live broadcasts!

Zhu Yan was so angry that he almost fainted. Every living user who left was as painful as cutting flesh to him.

"Good job, Zhao Xuming, what a bad idea you came up with!"

"So you joined forces with President Pei to plot against us?"

Zhu Yan was instantly furious and blamed all the blame on Zhao Xuming.

After all, this was Zhao Xuming's suggestion, so he naturally took all the blame!

Zhao Xuming had friction with these live streaming platforms before, and it was not impossible to take this opportunity to screw these live streaming platforms over.

Thinking further, Zhao Xuming and President Pei may have reached some unspeakable backdoor deal!