Rebirth is fine, but I get eight hundred dollars right from the start?

"Alright, let's not worry about whether they did it intentionally or unintentionally."

Gu Feng put his cup on the table, leaned back in his chair, and crossed his legs again. "The problem now is—they've clearly presented us with the prestigious title of 'Number One in the National Server,' along with a video that garnered three million views in three days. What kind of contract should we offer, or rather, what kind of contract can we offer to match that?"

"I think I... understand a little bit."

The assistant suddenly slapped his forehead, his eyes lighting up instantly.

Yeah, if you're just an average gaming pro, so what if you're ranked number one in the national server? If you want to pursue a streaming career, the rules are still up to them.

But in this situation, although they are still in charge in essence, they have managed to prove themselves with just one video.

Three days!

Three days, three million views—who wouldn't be confused by that number?

Even if the fan acquisition effect isn't as exaggerated when it shifts to live streaming, it's still a terrifying number.

"Let those guys with 90001 and 90007 have their headaches."

As Gu Feng finished speaking, a slight smile appeared on his lips, and he chuckled, "Our opinion is clear: we'll grant the certification, plus the top-tier platinum treatment, and that'll be it."

In 2012, YY's game live streaming section had just been launched, and there was no such thing as "the platform directly signing streamers".

It's all a three-tiered process: platform, guild, and streamer.

"Give it...top-tier directly?" the assistant muttered subconsciously.

"Otherwise what?" Gu Feng glanced at her. "A super potential online game that has only been online for two years, with millions of daily active users and a rapidly increasing number of registered players, it's not unreasonable to give the man at the very top of it a platinum streamer treatment."

"Speaking of which, what you should really be worrying about right now is how to arrange things for those people in the planning department."

"How should we promote the first broadcast after signing Emperor? The results of the Rank tournament have already been announced. How can we salvage the situation to maximize viewership?"

"Ah... Uncle Gu, please stop reading, please stop reading—"

The young man's face instantly fell, turning into a bitter gourd.

"How many times have I told you, you must use your job title at the company!"

"Okay, Uncle Gu...no problem, Uncle Gu! One last question!"

"explain!"

Gu Feng was truly at a loss with his little niece, and his lips twitched slightly.

"What I was trying to say was... why didn't they just skip the guild altogether and sign Emperor? Isn't the company already planning to spin off the game business?"

"It's too early for that; it will take some time before it's truly implemented."

Gu Feng shook his head and stroked his chin. "But you've reminded me."

"We can send someone to talk to the Emperor and remind that kid not to sign a contract with the guild for too long."

……

the other side.

Inside the rental house.

"Sorry, I don't plan to accept GG's offer at the moment."

"Price? It's not about the price... The videos are just starting out, haha, I don't even have many followers yet, it would be too unethical to give up right away."

"Reserving a spot for GG? No problem, no problem! If we really sign with the live streaming platform, we'll definitely consider your products first, bro."

"Snack reselling? Sure, but you need to send two boxes of samples first so I can check it out... The address is..."

"Keyboard and mouse sponsorship? That's fine, no problem. As for deeper cooperation... I think we can meet in person to discuss it."

Lin Shu hung up the phone, rubbed his temples, and then let out a long sigh. This was already the umpteenth phone call he had received today.

Everything went exactly as he had predicted;

After reaching the top of the national server and the viral success of that high-quality tutorial video, all the factions that were previously observing or not in a hurry have now stopped pretending and are showing off their abilities, coming to his door one after another.

He's been approached by pay-to-win web games for endorsements, and even by studios like a certain aviation company that's been asked to play games with him.

Of course, the largest number of shops were snack stores and computer peripheral stores, all of which were incredibly enthusiastic and eager to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with him immediately.

This was quite normal in 2012, an era of rapid development in e-commerce.

Most game streamers include GG links in their streams, and video creators who want to monetize their content primarily rely on driving traffic to their Taobao stores to sell products. For gamers, peripherals, snacks, and related merchandise are the best-selling categories.

For gamers, gaming peripherals and various snacks and related products are the mainstream items.

In their eyes, a content creator who can produce videos with millions of views is the best partner.

But...

Lin Shu was no longer in a hurry to further monetize the product.

He readily agreed to Razer's keyboard and mouse brand sponsorship and even arranged an offline meeting with their distributor in Jiangsu Province. He rejected everything else, from snack shops to pay-to-win web games.

Can we play GG?

Of course you can. But not now.

At least until the YY Rank tournament ended, and in the first few videos he uploaded afterward, he wasn't prepared to include any GGs.

This is called casting a long line to catch a big fish.

They're so eager to make money right from the start; that's a really ugly thing to do.

Of course, an online store will definitely be opened later.

In the esports industry, the initial capital accumulation basically comes down to driving traffic to your Taobao store through videos or live streams, and then getting fans to spend money.

Not only will he pursue this, but Lin Shu plans to delve deeper into this area in the future.

Esports is synonymous with young people.

What do young people like?

I like things that are good quality and inexpensive.

And I happen to be able to get the most attention from young people through esports.

What do you think he wants to do?

Hey.

It's really hard to guess.

However, it's too early to talk about following the path of Pinduoduo.

Let the bullets fly for a while.

"Beep—beep beep!"

Lin Shu was pondering his next steps when his phone suddenly vibrated.

【151……0771】

He glanced down at the screen; the last four digits of the phone number seemed to belong to the person Old Song had mentioned.

"They're here."

Lin Shu's lips curved slightly, and a smile of successful prediction appeared in his eyes.

The person I'd been waiting for all day finally decided to make the call.

He slowly picked up his phone and waited until the third ring before pressing the answer button.

Hello.

"Hello Mr. Lin! I apologize for bothering you!"

A young man's voice came from the other end of the phone, speaking slightly quickly, "Let me introduce myself. I am the contract manager of the 90001 guild on the YY platform. My surname is Zhou. You can call me Xiao Zhou."

"Hello, Manager Zhou."

Lin Shu wasn't so tactless as to blindly follow the other person's address. Instead, he feigned ignorance and asked, "What brings you here?"

"Oh no, no, no, just call me Xiao Zhou!"

The other party quickly offered a few words of polite deference, then paused briefly, and said in a manner that was almost like trying to get on their good side:

"Um... Emperor, first of all, congratulations on reaching the top of the Chinese server and on uploading our tutorial video to the Duowan platform, which has become a viral sensation across the internet."

"You flatter me, I was just lucky." Lin Shu smiled but didn't reply.

"No, no, no, this isn't luck..."

After exchanging a few more polite words, Xiao Zhou finally got down to business. "Well, I'm calling today to talk to you about joining our YY platform for live streaming collaborations."