Chapter 837: Chapter 349: A Person Who Understands the Times is a Hero_2

The third part was Pei Shuyu’s solo dance and talk segments.

This section looked the thinnest, but was actually the most crucial.

The biggest joy for players participating in live streaming was interaction, not some high-brow grand performances.

So the first two segments worked as interludes and surprises, while Yuji’s personal show was the foundation.

Two solo dances, lasting 10 minutes.

Chatting, voice linking, and creating content, for 2 hours.

This posed a very stringent requirement on her, so our good girl hadn’t let Su Huai touch her at all these past few days, burying herself in sorting out her scripts instead.

The core of the show was a heartfelt speech that included shoutouts to all the big donors.

At a glance, it seemed like a stand-up comedy bit, but in reality, it wasn’t. The theme was gratitude and positive acknowledgment, giving emotional value to the donors, and letting the regular players feel that value too.

However, it couldn’t be overly sentimental–it had to be fun, humorous, and entertaining. Roasting the right people while controlling the scale based on the target’s personality.

Su Huai had been going to her place late every night after work to give her ideas, working so hard he looked like an absolute idiot.

Success was never a coincidence. Every effortless quip and witty remark on stage came from countless rehearsals, and the sparks of brilliance that arose from them.

On the 26th, Wang Siming confirmed that the new version wouldn’t have any issues and was finally ready for launch.

But Su Huai didn’t rush to activate it. Instead, he nudged Gou Star about clearing the settlements.

Mr. Wang assured him with full confidence that payments would be settled on the 1st without issue.

OK, then they waited a bit longer.

On the 1st, Gou Star didn’t process the settlement, and Mr. Wang wasn’t picking up his phone.

Su Huai wasn’t fazed at all and passed a message through Chen Jie: “This isn’t the right way to do things, is it?”

On the 2nd, Gou Star was still playing dead, with excuses about finance being unavailable and Mr. Wang being absent.

Su Huai still didn’t show urgency, passing along another message: “Leave some room for maneuver, so we can meet again in the future.”

On the 3rd, Xingyu stopped pressuring Gou Star entirely.

The platform’s executives were growing increasingly uneasy, sensing something wasn’t quite right.

On the 4th, all of Xingyu’s streamers on Gou Star ceased broadcasting.

On the 5th, Xingyu posted on its official Weibo: “Panda, here we come.”

All of Xingyu’s freelance streamers on Gou Star collectively opened live streaming accounts on Panda and publicly announced their platform migration.

The contract-bound streamers, on the other hand, directly declared an indefinite broadcast suspension, citing unpaid wages from the platform.

In an instant, Gou Star’s entertainment section collapsed.

The proverbial “9 out of 10 rooms empty” might be a bit of an exaggeration, but “7 out of 10 rooms empty” was probably not too far off.

The most problematic part was that the ones leaving were the backbone, the cream of the crop, the main reason players stayed on the platform the longest. The ones remaining, however, were nobodies that no one cared about.

Naturally, those older, less attractive, and ill-tempered nobodies were thrilled, thinking their moment had finally arrived. But when they were promoted to the homepage, the influx of players wasn’t as large as they’d imagined, and very few stayed–let alone spent money.

Instead, it was the news anchors’ rooms that filled instantly. Seventy-five percent of the remaining players clustered there.

But even with skyrocketing popularity, it was no use–the transaction numbers didn’t budge.

As a result, the news anchors were both excited and frustrated. Despite exhausting themselves analyzing the aftermath for viewers, their efforts went completely unpaid.

The remaining 25% of traffic was happily scooped up by the Golden Jade Guild, whose executives were grinning from ear to ear.

Unfortunately, their number of streamers was too few–just over 200 people–and although their average quality was decent, there wasn’t a standout leader.

When they tallied up the day’s total revenue, question marks floated over their heads once more.

“Where are the platform’s whales? Did they all go with Xingyu?”

“Yeah! Over 200 people pulling in just about a million–not bad, but way below our expectations…”

“In the past half month, the platform has had over 8 million new registrants. Even with a 1% recharge rate and an average daily spend of 500 yuan per person, these numbers shouldn’t look like this, right?”

Jin Yucheng gave Chen Jie a call, but Chen Jie played it slippery as usual, revealing not a single internal figure.

“No idea, let’s wait and see.”

As soon as he hung up, Chen Jie turned around and proactively reported to Su Huai.

“Mr. Su, the platform’s data over the past two days has been quite bleak. Both the higher-ups and Mr. Wang are feeling stuck.”

Su Huai smiled faintly: “You really do know how to keep your options open… So, how bad are the numbers?”

“Hehe~~~”

Chen Jie chuckled slyly and rattled off the internal figures rapid-fire.

“Recharge income has plummeted to 17% of the ten-day average before this. Apart from the Yu Family Army and Guild Fans who’ve completely left, even the remaining players are adopting a cautious wait-and-see approach. Our internal analysis shows they’re weighing their options, trying to decide if it’s still worth staying on Gou Star.

At the same time, the enthusiasm to spend is visibly waning.

After the operations team monitored player comments, we learned that most were complaining, ‘There’s nowhere worth spending,’ ‘This is boring,’ and ‘A bunch of nobodies that are just off-putting.’

While the Golden Jade Guild has filled part of the void, the external ecosystem has collapsed. They’re now just playing among themselves, lacking an environment for competitive interaction, which means they can’t produce good content effects.

Plus, the number of people joining guilds is extremely limited–just over 200 streamers. How can that possibly cover the thousands of spots left by Xingyu?

If Panda’s new version gets a great reception, and Yu can create a significant buzz, the player exodus from our platform will accelerate further.

The only metric that hasn’t declined but increased instead is game revenue. Games like Dragon Slayer have soared to 82% of the platform’s total income. Gou Star is very likely to downgrade into a small-scale platform…”

“Can it fall apart entirely?”