Chapter 113: I Just Came to Join the Fun

These days, news travels across the internet with astonishing speed. Even the most trivial incident can become the talk of the town, let alone gossip involving two top streamers. Between them, the two had nearly twenty million fans—and that did not even include the countless spectators who simply enjoyed watching the spectacle unfold.

Before long, the streamers of all sizes on the Stardust Platform discovered that the bullet comments and reviews beneath their videos had once again been overrun. It seemed that, for the moment, their audiences had completely lost interest in the videos themselves and were instead flooding the screens with gossip about the Angel and the Goddess Luo. More than a few streamers were driven nearly mad by it.

Were they ever going to be allowed to live in peace? The last time the Angel’s livestream had dragged them all into the fray, they had accepted it. They had watched the broadcast themselves and admitted that they had simply been outmatched. At worst, they could be more careful when uploading videos or starting livestreams in the future, making sure not to cross paths with that particular great god.

But now this was merely a bit of gossip about the Angel, and yet it had caused such a tremendous upheaval. Couldn’t the ordinary people on the platform be given even the slightest chance to survive? The streamers’ resentment was practically soaring beyond the heavens. Stardust might as well change its name to Angel Livestreaming Platform. This wretched site was doomed sooner or later.

The commotion on the Stardust Platform naturally caught the administrators’ attention almost at once. If they still failed to notice something was wrong, they might as well resign on the spot. Once the situation had been confirmed, someone immediately notified the person in charge.

Upon receiving the news, Yuan Feng promptly summoned all the senior executives for an emergency meeting. Thus, the executives who had been preparing to leave work had no choice but to trudge to the conference room with bitter expressions. They did not need to think too hard to know that the newly risen great god was probably behind it again. How many times had this happened now? Could he not choose a better time next time? These meetings had taken place either late at night or right at quitting time. The executives needed rest too.

“I’d say it’s probably related to that brat Luo Chen again. What do you think, Supervisor Han?”

Inside the conference room, Zhao Hong had arrived relatively early. Seeing that the others had not yet arrived, he struck up a bored conversation with Han Yinglan. Ever since the Stardust Platform had gained the Pure-hearted Little Angel, they had not enjoyed a moment’s peace. They had already held three meetings in a single month. When would it ever end?

Han Yinglan had received the news before coming, but she was far too lazy to humor Zhao Hong. She replied perfunctorily, “If you’re so eager to know, why not ask General Manager Yuan? Then you’ll understand everything.”

“Er… better not. It has nothing to do with me anyway. I’m only here to make up the numbers. Surely that brat Luo isn’t planning to set foot in my music section too, is he?”

Zhao Hong glanced at Yuan Feng, who was sitting not far away with his brows tightly furrowed, and decided it would be wiser not to court disaster at a time like this. No matter how much trouble they caused, it had nothing to do with him.

Zhao Hong felt that he was merely there to play a minor supporting role, so he had not bothered to learn anything about the situation beforehand. After receiving the summons, he had come straight to the conference room.

“That may not be the case…” Han Yinglan gave Zhao Hong a sympathetic look.

Nothing to do with you? You’ll be crying soon enough.

Zhao Hong had not expected her to answer and was stunned for a moment. A sudden sense of foreboding washed over him. Could he have guessed wrong? He was just about to ask when he was interrupted.

“Since everyone is here, let’s begin the meeting. I believe you all familiarized yourselves with the situation before coming, so I won’t waste time repeating it. Tell me what you think…”

Once everyone who needed to be present had arrived, Yuan Feng skipped the formalities and went straight to the point.

The senior executives exchanged glances, but for a moment no one spoke. The matter was neither especially serious nor entirely insignificant. They had anticipated long ago that the streamer known as the Pure-hearted Little Angel would use Stardust’s popularity to develop his own personal platform. When they had agreed to those terms in the beginning, they had effectively given their silent consent.

However, that consent had been based on one condition: the personal platform must remain harmless to Stardust.

The situation they now faced was that the other party appeared to have broken the tacit agreement first, showing clear signs of continued expansion.

This incident was undoubtedly a signal. For the first time, another person’s videos had appeared on the newly established website. And this was not some ordinary streamer, but Luo Shui Tianyi, the newly emerged great god of Stardust’s music section.

That amounted to poaching talent from the Stardust Platform.

Of all the senior executives present, Zhao Hong was the only one who still had no idea what was going on. He had already begun regretting that he had not looked into the situation before coming. But he could hardly ask about it now, so he could only pretend to be deep in thought and muddle through. He would find someone to explain it to him afterward.

“Supervisor Zhao, why don’t you speak first?”

Luo Shui Tianyi was a streamer from the music section and now seemed increasingly likely to sever ties with Stardust. In Yuan Feng’s opinion, Zhao Hong should have been the person most concerned about the matter.

“I believe this is detrimental to the interests of the Stardust Platform.”

Although Zhao Hong still did not fully understand the situation, he had managed to detect a hint of what was going on from the expressions of those present. Saying this could hardly be wrong.

Everyone immediately cast a puzzled glance at him. How could he remain so calm at a time like this? It was unlike his usual character.

“I don’t think there’s any need to worry. Aren’t the two of them siblings? Since Luo Shui Tianyi never signed a contract, there’s nothing improper about this. What’s there to be concerned about?”

Wu Qing had no interest in involving himself in such trivial matters. No matter what happened, could it truly threaten the Stardust Platform? Besides, what time was it already? Rather than wasting time here, they would be better off ending the meeting as soon as possible.

“You can’t put it that way. Just look at that so-called personal website and you’ll understand. That young man has ambitions far greater than you think.”

Huo Kong, the person in charge of the livestreaming section, shot Wu Qing a sidelong glance. He really could not understand how someone so unconcerned with Stardust’s interests had managed to rise to such a position.

“Hmm. In that case, we really do need to pay attention.”

“I said from the beginning that making concessions was a mistake. Look at what happens—some people simply take an inch once you give them a foot!”

“Exactly. We can’t let this continue unchecked.”

…

After Huo Kong’s reminder, many of the executives who had not taken the matter seriously began to recognize its gravity. It was not that they were particularly afraid of the other platform developing. Rather, they resented Luo Chen for siphoning away Stardust’s popularity. It felt as though something that belonged to them had been stolen.

At last, after much discussion, everyone turned their eyes toward Yuan Feng, waiting for his decision.

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