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Chapter 478 0468 [Live Streaming Platform Launched, Old Ancestor Chen Gets Crushed by Bronze Players]

Chen Guiliang's live streaming platform has been delayed for half a year and has not yet been launched, mainly due to the lack of suitable live streaming software.

XSplit is a paid service!

Chen Guiliang originally planned to acquire the corporate usage rights of XSplit for an annual fee, and then provide them to the streamers for free.

However, the negotiations failed because the other party's demands were too high.

Overseas game streaming platforms all require streamers to pay for XSplit.

This is tantamount to artificially creating a barrier, deterring many people who originally intended to start live streaming. This is detrimental to the rapid development of live streaming platforms!
Why not just develop it ourselves?

For the past few months, we've been developing "ByteDance Live Assistant".

Due to the tight development schedule, the content is definitely not as rich as XSplit, only having the basic functions of live gaming. Moreover, there were a lot of bugs during the testing period, with crashes, green screens, no sound, and hardware compatibility issues occurring frequently.

The major issues have now been resolved, and various minor bugs have been fixed, but bugs will definitely be discovered again after the system goes live.

Hardware compatibility is not yet fully perfect; problems may occur when using certain niche graphics cards and sound cards.

Version 1.0 is estimated to take another six months to mature.

The next two years will be dedicated to developing version 2.0, gradually adding more practical features.

So what software do live streaming platforms like YY, 6rooms, and 9158 use?

These platforms primarily feature live streaming, where streamers don't need to stream games or capture game audio and video, making their self-developed live streaming software very simple.

Chen Guiliang's live streaming platform was the only place in China where games could be streamed at that time!

……

After Tao Chenggang acquired Bilibili, he also began developing his own game live streaming software.

His progress is a bit slower.

"Chairman!" Bilibili founder Xu Yi walked into the office.

Tao Chenggang nodded: "Have a seat."

It was quite convenient for the two of them to communicate, since they both happened to be in Hangzhou.

When Tao Chenggang acquired Bilibili, Xu Yi had not yet formally established a company; it was temporarily a non-commercial personal website.

Xu Yi was a loyal user of AcFun (A站). In 2009, internal strife among AcFun administrators caused the website to be down for a whole month. Xu Yi then gathered several AcFun users in a QQ group and together they created Bilibili (B站).

That wasn't all; they continued to recruit people in QQ groups and online forums, quickly attracting thousands of AcFun users.

And whenever A station has a problem, B station takes the opportunity to come and recruit people.

Whatever content is popular on A-site, B-site will simply copy and repost it.

Over time, loyal users of AcFun (A站) developed an extreme aversion to Bilibili (B站) and regarded founders such as Xu Yi as traitors to AcFun.

"How's the live streaming software development going?" Tao Chenggang asked.

Xu Yi replied, "The programmers we recruited earlier are quite capable, and they are currently working on testing and optimization. Fixing bugs is relatively simple; the real challenge is ensuring hardware compatibility. I plan to pay them overtime during the Spring Festival, and they will work on it without taking a holiday, trying to finish it by spring."

Tao Chenggang didn't ask any more questions; he felt that Xu Yi was quite reliable.

He's much more reliable than the founder of AcFun.

Tao Chenggang had Xu Yi sit next to him, first logging into A-site, then clicking into the live streaming section.

A-site's live streaming channel officially launched today.

The most prominent feature on the channel's homepage is the countdown timer, along with many live streams that haven't started broadcasting yet but already have titles.

The first one is titled "SKY's Livestream".

Tao Chenggang clicked in and found the live stream screen completely black, with the software displaying the message "The streamer is on his way."

However, a considerable number of viewers have already gathered, and they are already using the bullet comments to chat.

"Is SKY really going to broadcast live here?"

"I've never used bullet comments before, let me try typing."

"A member of the StarCraft forum reporting in."

"SKY forum member reporting in."

"A member of the Luo Yufeng forum reporting in."

"That Luo Yufeng from the front, drag her out and beat her to death!"

"Monkey Mountain Sightseeing Group"

"Sightseeing my ass! This is Monkey Mountain!"

"After eating Jin Ke La, the Human Emperor can produce 1,800 soldiers."

"..."

Tao Chenggang looked at the comments intently and asked curiously, "What is Jin Ke La?"

Xu Yi suppressed a laugh and said, "It's a type of fertilizer. It can't be explained in a few words. Chairman, you can watch the relevant video."

Tao Chenggang said, "Find the video."

Xu Yi stood up, used the keyboard and mouse, and quickly opened a video about Jin Ke La (a type of fertilizer).

Although Tao Chenggang is over 30 years old, he is very open to new things and can get the jokes in spoof videos.

After watching the video, Tao Chenggang laughed and said, "Young people these days are really something."

Xu Yi said, "The chairman is also a young man."

"Haha, I'm almost forty." Tao Chenggang was actually quite happy.

Gang Ge is also a playboy. He's 35 years old and still unmarried, and he changes girlfriends almost every year.

Tao Chenggang switched back to SKY's live stream and found that the barrage of comments was getting denser and denser.

When you open other live streams, most of them have very few comments.

At least 70% of the viewers came from various online communities to watch SKY's live stream.

Xu Yi said, "Our live streaming platform should ideally use cloud technology in the future. It's not necessary yet, but if the number of viewers increases and tens of thousands of people flood into a single live stream, cloud technology can reduce latency and buffering."

Tao Chenggang asked, "Is it the Chengdu Cloud Computing Center that Chen Guiliang set up?"

Xu Yi said, "There is more than one cloud computing center. Alibaba in Hangzhou established Alibaba Cloud last year. It may provide services to the public in the future."

Rongcheng Cloud Computing Center, a subsidiary of Youke, was officially registered as a subsidiary last year: Rongcheng Xiangyun Technology Co., Ltd.

ByteDance's Weibo relies on cloud technology to unify Weibo user data across different hardware such as mobile phones, computers, and tablets, enabling seamless communication and conversion between the computer version, mobile WAP version, and mobile APP version of Weibo.

Furthermore, more and more games under the Youke brand are also adopting cloud technology support.

Now, Chen Guiliang is running a live streaming platform, and he is also collaborating with the Rongcheng Cloud Computing Center.

Tao Chenggang and Xu Yi continued chatting until the live streaming platform officially launched. SKY appeared on the camera, looking quite reserved as it was his first time doing a live stream: "Hello everyone, I'm SKY, and I'll be doing the live stream. Let's start with the game..."

To be honest, SKY's live streams are not very entertaining. He's too rigid and doesn't know how to create any interesting content. He also often focuses on playing games and doesn't talk.

But the viewers didn't think there was anything wrong with it, since none of them had ever watched game live streams before.

I even think that this is how live-streaming games should be!
The audience was particularly entertained when SKY explained the operation and thinking, and the barrage was full of comments such as "I learned something", "No wonder he is the Human Emperor" and "Damn awesome".

Tao Chenggang, a man in his thirties and a die-hard StarCraft and Warcraft fan, was watching SKY play games live with great interest.

Chen Guiliang was also watching at this moment, but his perspective was clearly different.

"You can get bananas just by signing in, but you don't even know how to give out free gifts?"

Chen Guiliang called Jiang Feiyu, the CEO of AcFun: "Have SKY remind the viewers to send gifts."

Jiang Feiyu replied, "I've already sent him a text message and contacted him on QQ."

After a long pause, SKY finally managed to say, somewhat awkwardly, "Um... A-site live streams have a gift system. You can get free bananas by checking in every day and watching the live stream for a certain amount of time. You can send bananas to the streamer by clicking on the gift interface in the live stream... Ah, thank you, thank you for the banana donation from 'I Love Yang Dandan'... Thank you 'Old Ancestor Chen is My Son'... Uh, everyone, please don't use such usernames, Mr. Chen is a very good boss..."

In that instant, the live stream chat exploded with comments, a sea of ​​"hahahahahaha" filling the screen.

One of the audience members who gave out bananas was named "Old Master Chen is my son".

Chen Guiliang wasn't angry, as long as his real name wasn't mentioned, netizens could make fun of his nickname as they pleased.

To create a festive atmosphere, he also casually gave out gifts.

SKY stared in disbelief at the large gift, his voice trembling slightly: "Thank you 'Little Boy Under the Streetlight' for the ten banana trees! Thank you, boss! Thank you, boss!"

A banana tree costs 100 yuan, so ten trees would only cost 1000 yuan. After the platform takes its cut, SKY would only get 500 yuan.

SKY certainly doesn't lack the 500 yuan, but he's never encountered anything like this before.

If there were more tycoons like this, how much would the daily live stream gift revenue be?

SKY never imagined that making money through live streaming would be so easy.

Wow, a tycoon has appeared!

"How much money was given as a gift?"

"It seems to be 1000 yuan."

"Damn, can I stream games? I could make a fortune doing that."

"..."

Standing in front of the computer, Xu Yi was also very surprised: "There's already such a large reward? Could it be a shill?"

Tao Chenggang laughed and said, "It was given to me by Chen Guiliang himself; that's his QQ username."

“There are actually people sending paid gifts!” Xu Yi said, pointing to the live stream.

Tao Chenggang said, "You need to carefully write down how they do it, and our live streaming platform should learn from them."

This is one of Xu Yi's specialties; since creating Bilibili, he has been imitating AcFun. He does whatever AcFun does without any psychological burden.

Chen Guiliang probably thought SKY didn't know how to create engaging content, so he simply created his own live stream and had the platform feature it as the top recommendation on the homepage.

Then they had their shills go to other live stream rooms and send comments like, "OMG, Old Master Chen is live streaming himself! Room number xxxxx!!!"

Chen Guiliang entered the game on his own and switched to other live streams while waiting for his ranked match.

They would give a banana tree as a gift upon meeting.

Since he's already given SKY a gift, he'll definitely have to give gifts to the other streamers invited by the platform as well. His main goal is to distribute the gifts evenly.

After sending out all the gifts, Chen Guiliang returned to the game, and his live stream audience had grown.

"Holy crap, it really is Old Master Chen!"

“I just called my mom and told her that a billionaire is putting on a show for me.”

"Here you go, I'll give you two bananas as a reward."

"..."

The audience was very excited; as internet addicts, they were amazed to see the top three richest people playing games.

Moreover, you can get free bananas by signing in, and you can give the bananas to Chen Guiliang without spending a penny, but you will feel superior as if you have rewarded a millionaire.

They burst out laughing very quickly.

Chen Guiliang's mid-lane Yasuo is both bad and loves to show off, getting killed like a dog by the opposing team.

The four teammates were so angry that they started spitting out insults.

"I'm definitely not a troll, it's just that the other team is too strong," Chen Guiliang forced an explanation into the camera, "This is the Bronze rank, and the other team's mid laner is at least a Gold-level player!"

Yasuo has not yet been released in League of Legends, but he is one of the first heroes to appear in Oracle Era.

Many people enjoy playing it, but most of them are noobs.

"Haha, Torso, that's a very fitting name."

"As expected of Old Master Chen, he can invent all sorts of memes, and the 'touts' will definitely become popular."

"What game is this? I only play StarCraft and Warcraft. I came here specifically to see Sky."

"Is gold considered a powerful substance?"

"For Old Ancestor Chen, gold is indeed a powerful thing."

"How do you play this game? What's it called?"

"..."

Chen Guiliang started typing to the opposing mid laner: "I'm Chen Guiliang. If you feed a few kills, I'll give you the legendary Yasuo skin!"

"Back then, Pony Ma also said he'd give me QQ coins, and I'd still kill him without hesitation!" the opposing mid-laner retorted.

Chen Guiliang said helplessly to the camera, "See? Honestly, nobody believes me. If he makes me happy, he'll not only give me skins, but he might even invest in my company. The opposing mid laner has lost at least 100 million today. Ahhhhh... Damn it, he's attacking again. Protect the king! Protect the king! Where are the Wei generals?!"

Suddenly, the game screen turned black and white, and Chen Guiliang's Yasuo was killed again.

The viewers in the live stream were gloating and spammed the chat with sarcastic comments.

This livestreaming style is much more interesting than SKY's rigid and formulaic approach.

Many esports players have been invited by ACFun's live streaming platform, but their fame is no match for SKY's. To attract viewers, they must find a different approach.

At this moment, many e-sports players are watching Chen Guiliang's live stream.

They found that Chen Guiliang's live stream had a very lively atmosphere, so they decided to follow suit, figuring that all they had to do was crack jokes and make the audience laugh.

On that day, "Chen Guiliang was stomped by noobs in the Bronze rank" became a trending topic on Weibo, continuously attracting traffic to the ACFun live streaming platform.

(End of this chapter)