Zhan Ruoqing instantly brightened. "Does that mean I'm the most special among the invited guests, the only one not required to follow the main group?"
"Not exactly, Qi Xuan is also not following the group," Ye Zhi replied truthfully.
Zhan Ruoqing was somewhat surprised. Had Qi Xuan reached a point where he could be considered an equal to her?
Wait... that wasn't quite right. It should be said that Qi Xuan had finally come to his senses, no longer content to be just Ye Zhi's "man behind the scenes," and was now starting to make appearances with Ye Zhi as a couple.
At a time like this, how could there be a lack of a third wheel... ahem, a witness? She would make sure to try her best not to laugh at Qi Xuan, and if she did laugh, it would be very quietly.
"Okay, I'll definitely be there that day!" Zhan Ruoqing readily agreed.
Online, the fervor surrounding Feilong Live and yd had also diminished, but many players had already begun to rally other players to abandon the game and switch to others.
The decline in daily active users for "Interstellar Conquest" was reported to the high-level executives at Feilong Live by the game department. That executive rushed to find Ou Minghan with the data.
"Mr. Ou, the game is currently experiencing severe player attrition. Should we negotiate with yd again to relax the conditions, for example, by allowing streamers to broadcast other games..."
"If we relax the conditions, how will our game appear more special?" Ou Minghan interrupted his suggestion, disagreeing. "Besides, only being allowed to stream yd's games was yd's company's requirement. If you're not satisfied, you can talk to them yourself!"
The executive was immediately rendered speechless.
Ou Minghan continued with a nonchalant expression, "As for player loss, there's no need to worry too much. 'Interstellar Conquest' has no competitors. Those players will naturally return after playing other games for a few days and finding them uninteresting. You don't need to concern yourself with the game. I'll ask you, how has the traffic on the live streaming website been during this period?"
"It's not very optimistic," the executive lowered his head somewhat nervously. "Since the variety show was suspended, there has been a significant outflow of live streaming users. Although user numbers have seen a slight increase recently, the average user session duration has also decreased considerably compared to before..."
"Why don't you know how to adapt?" Ou Minghan frowned unhappily. "Do I need to tell you what those users want to see? Can't you hint to those streamers to be bolder, more unrestrained? If they don't give those viewers benefits, how will others be willing to send them high-value gifts?"
The executive looked at him with some surprise, "But Mr. Ou, the clean-up department just warned us..."
"Look at your rigid thinking. How did HR recruit someone as inflexible as you in the first place?" Ou Minghan said disdainfully.
The executive was speechless. Ou Minghan actually found him to be the problem? If he hadn't failed the interview at Taoxun and didn't want to lower his standards to start from the grassroots, would he have settled for Feilong Live, which offered a higher salary?
Thinking of this, the executive wisely asked, "Mr. Ou, what should we do then?"
"It's very simple. You go and issue an announcement stating that Feilong Live, in order to cooperate with the clean-up team's work, has proactively established a live streaming review committee. Viewers who see content that is not suitable for broadcast can report it to the review administrators at any time. Once verified, the administrators will impose bans of varying durations on the live streams. This way, won't the clean-up team be satisfied?"
Seeing the executive's confused expression, Ou Minghan immediately continued, "Of course, this review committee is just for show to the higher-ups. Don't let them actually take it seriously!
Also, tell those female streamers to be more subtle, for example, pretending to forget to turn off the camera. And try to schedule their streams during late-night hours. This way, even if someone unlucky enough reports it, the review committee will have time to notify the streamer.
Then, when the review committee arrives at the live stream room, the streamer will be broadcasting normally, and there will be no reason to ban those rooms!"
"Alright, Mr. Ou, I'll go and do it now." The executive looked at Ou Minghan with admiration, thinking that Ou Minghan certainly had a lot of clever ideas!
"Wait a moment," Ou Minghan called him back and handed him a document. "After Feilong Live issues the announcement, you also release this press release and hire plenty of internet trolls. The momentum must be huge."
The executive took it and glanced at it, feeling somewhat speechless.
As expected, this was another press release praising Ou Minghan. He only needed a cursory glance to find it slightly garish. However, he was very aware of who was paying his salary.
"Mr. Ou, please rest assured, I guarantee I'll handle this perfectly!" the executive promised, patting his chest.
Ou Minghan nodded with satisfaction and waved him away.
Soon, Feilong Live issued an announcement stating that in order to cooperate with the clean-up team's work, the website had established a review committee and would conduct strict self-inspections.
This announcement generated a certain amount of discussion, and even an official media account gave it a like.
Seeing that the timing was right, Ou Minghan immediately had people release the prepared press release.
Suddenly, press releases praising Ou Minghan flooded the internet.
In this press release, Ou Minghan was portrayed as a paragon of law-abiding behavior. Although Feilong Live had made mistakes previously, he had bravely corrected them, thus earning the recognition of the official media. Furthermore, Ou Minghan, as an outstanding internet company representative, had been invited to attend the Internet Conference, where the chairman of the board had personally met him, placing great expectations on him and hailing him as a future star of the internet.
When Zhan Ruoqing saw this press release, she was utterly astonished! She had seen shameless people before, but never anyone so brazen, capable of turning a funeral into a celebration!
She couldn't help but call Ye Zhi and complain incessantly, "...I've truly had my eyes opened. To think there are people so thick-skinned, able to spin anything! The official media's like was out of magnanimity, a willingness to overlook past transgressions and give him a chance to improve! But he twisted it into the official media recognizing him? I suspect the editors at the official media are utterly disgusted with him now, regretting their hasty click!
And at the Internet Conference, it was he who sought out the chairman. The chairman was actually giving him a warning, yet it became a case of him being entrusted with great expectations? How can he not forget to boost himself up at every opportunity?"
Ye Zhi listened patiently and said with a hint of amusement, "He's always been that kind of person. However, his decision to risk offending the official media and disgust the chairman to release such a press release to inflate his own value must have other motives."
"What motives?" Zhan Ruoqing asked curiously.
"I'm not sure yet," Ye Zhi said lightly. "But it doesn't matter, the timing he chose for this press release was really bad, so he won't achieve any of his goals."
"Is that so?" Zhan Ruoqing sounded puzzled.
"Yes," Ye Zhi chuckled softly. "Because the Internet Conference he used to elevate himself has launched its official website."
When they attended the Internet Conference before, although there were news reports, they were all very brief textual reports, lacking pictures and videos.